Matthew 17:18
Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.
Cross References
Matthew 12:22Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.
Mark 1:34And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases; and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.
Mark 9:25And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of him, and he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead.
Luke 4:41And devils went out from many, crying out and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them he suffered them not to speak, for they knew that he was Christ.
Luke 9:42And as he was coming to him, the devil threw him down, and tore him.
Acts 16:18And this she did many days. But Paul being grieved, turned, and said to the spirit: I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to go out from her. And he went out the same hour.
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 →