Matthew 17:19
Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
In Context
18Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?
20But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
Cross References
Mark 4:10And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.
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 →