Matthew 17:19

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”

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In The King James Version

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

In Context

18And Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that very hour.

20So Jesus said to them: “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed has, you (ye) will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

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Cross References

Mark 4:10But when He was alone, those who were around Him, with the twelve, asked Him about 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 →

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