Matthew 17:19

Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

20“Because of your unbelief,” Jesus answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

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Cross References

Mark 4:10As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they 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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