21. Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been going on?" He said, "Since he was a child.
22. It has often thrown him into a fire or into water trying to kill him. If you can do anything, help us! Show us compassion!"
23. Jesus said to him, "‘If you can do anything’? All things are possible for the one who has faith."
24. At that the boy’s father cried out, "I have faith; help my lack of faith!"
25. Noticing that the crowd had surged together, Jesus spoke harshly to the unclean spirit, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you to come out of him and never enter him again."
26. After screaming and shaking the boy horribly, the spirit came out. The boy seemed to be dead; in fact, several people said that he had died.
27. But Jesus took his hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
28. After Jesus went into a house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn’t we throw this spirit out?"
29. Jesus answered, "Throwing this kind of spirit out requires prayer."
30. From there Jesus and his followers went through Galilee, but he didn’t want anyone to know it.
31. This was because he was teaching his disciples, "The Human One will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him. Three days after he is killed he will rise up."
32. But they didn’t understand this kind of talk, and they were afraid to ask him.
33. They entered Capernaum. When they had come into a house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about during the journey?"