Matthew 17:14-19

¹⁴At the bottom of the mountain, they were met by a crowd of waiting people. As they approached, a man came out of the crowd and fell to his knees begging,d

¹⁵"Master, have mercy on my son. He goes out of his mind and suffers terribly, falling into seizures. Frequently he is pitched into the fire, other times into the river.

¹⁶I brought him to your disciples, but they could do nothing for him."

¹⁷Jesus said, "What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring the boy here."e

¹⁸He ordered the afflicting demon out--and it was out, gone. From that moment on the boy was well.

¹⁹When the disciples had Jesus off to themselves, they asked, "Why couldn''t we throw it out?"