Matthew 17:19

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 departed from him: and from that hour the child was healed.

20Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Remove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for you.

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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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