Matthew 17:15
“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
14When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.
16I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
Cross References
Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Matthew 8:31So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, permit us to go off into the herd of pigs.”
Mark 5:4Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
Mark 9:17Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute.
Luke 6:18They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, along with those troubled by unclean spirits. And they were healed.
John 4:46So once again Jesus came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at 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 →