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14 When Jesus and His disciples met the crowd [that was gathered], a man came kneeling down to Jesus and saying to Him,
15 “Lord, take pity on my son, for he has violent seizures and suffers intense pain. He often falls into a fire or into water. [Note: This man was also dominated by an evil spirit. See verse 18].
16 I brought him to [some of] your disciples [for help] but they were not able to heal him.”
17 Jesus replied [to the crowd], “You perverse generation of faithless people! How long must I be with you [i.e., before you understand]? How long do I have to be patient with you? Bring the sick boy to me.”
18 Then Jesus spoke sternly to [the evil spirit in] the boy, and it left him, and he was immediately healed.
19 Then Jesus’ disciples came to Him privately and said, “Why could we not drive out that evil spirit?”
20 He answered them, “[It was] because you had such little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to that place over there’ and it would move. And nothing will be impossible for you [to do].” {[{[Some manuscripts contain the following verse:
21 But this kind [of spirit] can not be driven out except by praying and fasting.]}]}