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17 One of the multitude answered and said, Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit of dumbness.
18 And whenever it seizes him, it troubles him; and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and gets worn out. And I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.
19 Jesus answered and said to him, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? and how long shall I preach to you? bring him to me.
20 And they brought the boy to Jesus; and when the spirit seized him, it immediately troubled him; and he fell on the ground, gasping and foaming.
21 So Jesus asked his father, How long has he been like this? He said to him, From his childhood.
22 And many times it has thrown him into the fire and into the water to destroy him; but whatever you can do, help me, and have mercy on me.
23 Jesus said to him, If you can believe, everything is possible to him who believes.
24 And immediately the father of the boy cried out weeping, and said, I do believe, help my little belief.
25 When Jesus saw that people were run- ning and gathering to him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to it, O deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him, and do not enter him again.
26 And the epileptic cried out much, and was tortured, and the spirit went out; then the boy became as if dead, so that many could say, He is dead.