Matthew 17:15
“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers severely. For he often falls into the fire or the water.
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14When they had come to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, and said,
16I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
Cross References
Job 2:7Then Satan went away from the presence of Yahweh. He struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his feet to his head.
Matthew 8:31The demons kept imploring Jesus and saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into that herd of pigs.”
Mark 5:4He had been bound many times with shackles and with chains. He tore the chains apart and his shackles were shattered. No one had the strength to subdue him.
Mark 9:17Someone in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak.
Luke 6:18They had come to listen to him and to be healed of their diseases. People who were troubled with unclean spirits were also healed.
John 4:46Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. There was a certain royal official whose son in Capernaum was ill.
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 →