Matthew 17:21
And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
In Context
20But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
22And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:20And he cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord my God, hast thou afflicted also the widow, with whom I am after a so maintained, so as to kill her son?
Matthew 12:45Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man in made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.
Acts 13:2And as they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them.
1 Corinthians 7:5Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.
Ephesians 6:18By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit; and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:
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 →