19. And He answered them, O unbelieving generation [without any faith]! How long shall I [have to do] with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to Me.
20. So they brought [the boy] to Him, and when the spirit saw Him, at once it completely convulsed the boy, and he fell to the ground and kept rolling about, foaming [at the mouth].
21. And [Jesus] asked his father, How long has he had this? And he answered, From the time he was a little boy.
22. And it has often thrown him both into fire and into water, intending to kill him. But if You can do anything, do have pity on us and help us.
23. And Jesus said, [You say to Me], If You can do anything? [Why,] all things can be (are possible) to him who believes!
24. At once the father of the boy gave [an eager, piercing, inarticulate] cry with tears, and he said, Lord, I believe! [Constantly] help my weakness of faith!
25. But when Jesus noticed that a crowd [of people] came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you to come out of him and never go into him again.
26. And after giving a [hoarse, clamoring, fear-stricken] shriek of anguish and convulsing him terribly, it came out; and the boy lay [pale and motionless] like a corpse, so that many of them said, He is dead.
27. But Jesus took [a strong grip of] his hand and began lifting him up, and he stood.
28. And when He had gone indoors, His disciples asked Him privately, Why could not we drive it out?
29. And He replied to them, This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.
30. They went on from there and passed along through Galilee. And He did not wish to have anyone know it,
31. For He was [engaged for the time being in] teaching His disciples. He said to them, The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and when He has been killed, after three days He will rise [from death].
32. But they did not comprehend what He was saying, and they were afraid to ask Him [what this statement meant].