11. He replied, Elijah does come and will get everything restored and ready.
12. But I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know or recognize him, but did to him as they liked. So also the Son of Man is going to be treated and suffer at their hands.
13. Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist. [Mal. 4:5.]
14. And when they approached the multitude, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying,
15. Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water.
16. And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to cure him.
17. And Jesus answered, O you unbelieving (warped, wayward, rebellious) and thoroughly perverse generation! How long am I to remain with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to Me.
18. And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly.
19. Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out?
20. He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
21. But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
22. When they were going about here and there in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men.
23. And they will kill Him, and He will be raised [to life] again on the third day. And they were deeply and exceedingly grieved and distressed.
24. When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the half shekel [the temple tax] went up to Peter and said, Does not your Teacher pay the half shekel? [Exod. 30:13; 38:26.]
25. He answered, Yes. And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him [about it] first, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly rulers collect duties or tribute–from their own sons or from others not of their own family?