WPNT(i)
17 In answer a man in the crowd said: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit.
18 And wherever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. Indeed, I spoke to your disciples, that they might cast it out, but they could not.”
19 But He answered him by saying: “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you, how long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me!”
20 So they brought him to Him. Upon seeing Him the spirit convulsed him, and falling to the ground he started wallowing, foaming at the mouth.
21 Then He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said: “From childhood.
22 Really, it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
23 Jesus said to him, “It’s ‘if you can believe’; all things are possible to the one who believes”.
24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 When Jesus saw that the crowd was running up, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I am commanding you, get out of him and never enter him again”.
26 Then it yelled, convulsed him violently, and came out. Well he looked to be dead; so much so that many said, “He’s dead”.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stayed on his feet.
28 Well upon His entering a house His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
29 He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing except prayer and fasting”.