Matthew 17:15
and said: Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is a lunatic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a man who knelt to him,
16And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to cure him.
Cross References
Matthew 8:31And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.
Mark 5:4because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been pulled to pieces by him, and the fetters had been broken, and no one had strength to subdue him;
Mark 9:17And one of the multitude answered and said: Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a dumb spirit.
Luke 6:18and those who were oppressed by evil spirits; and they were cured.
John 4:46Then Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier, whose sou was sick in Capernaum.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:15-22
The Expulsion of a Demon. 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil;… Read the whole commentary →