Matthew 17:19

Later the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we drive 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

18Jesus confronted the demon and it left the boy, and he was healed straight away.

20“Because you don't trust enough,” Jesus told them. “I tell you, even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you.”

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Cross References

Mark 4:10When he was by himself, his twelve disciples and the others who were with him asked him what the illustrations meant.

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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