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17 One of the crowd answered, "Master, I brought my son to you, for he is possessed by a dumb spirit,
18 and wherever it seizes him it convulses him, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. I told your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it."
19 He answered them and said, "O you unbelieving people, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"
20 And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
21 Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" And he said,
22 "From his childhood, and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to put an end to him. But if there is anything you can do, take pity on us and help us!"
23 Jesus said to him, " 'If there is anything I can do!' Everything is possible for one who has faith!"
24 The boy's father immediately cried out, "I have faith! Help my want of faith!"
25 Then Jesus, seeing that a crowd was rapidly gathering, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never enter him again!"
26 And it gave a cry and convulsed him terribly, and went out of him. And the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.
27 But Jesus grasped his hand and made him rise, and he stood up.