Matthew 17:15
“Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is moonstruck and suffers badly! For he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14As they came to the crowd a man approached Him and kneeling to Him said:
16So I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
Cross References
Matthew 8:31So the demons kept imploring Him saying, “Since you are going to cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of pigs.”
Mark 5:4because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, only to have had the chains torn apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; no one had been strong enough to tame him.
Mark 9:17In answer a man in the crowd said: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit.
Luke 6:18as well as those who were being harassed by unclean spirits—and they were being healed!
John 4:46So Jesus went again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. Now there was a certain royal official whose son 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 →