Matthew 17:19

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18Bring him here to me. And when Jesus rebuked him, the demon departed out of him, and the child was cured from that time.

20And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I tell you, if ye had but faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this mountain, Remove from hence thither, and it shall remove: and nothing would be impossible to you.

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Cross References

Mark 4:10And when He was apart from the multitude, those that were about Him with the twelve asked Him concerning 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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