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."