23. And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is if thou couldst believe: all things are possible to him that believes.
24. And immediately the father of the young child crying out said with tears, I believe, help mine unbelief.
25. But Jesus, seeing that the crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26. And having cried out and torn him much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.
27. But Jesus, having taken hold of him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
28. And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not we cast him out?
29. And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
30. And going forth from thence they went through Galilee; and he would not that any one knew it;
31. for he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into men's hands, and they shall kill him; and having been killed, after three days he shall rise again.
32. But they understood not the saying, and feared to ask him.
33. And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?
34. And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who was greatest.
35. And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.
36. And taking a little child he set it in their midst, and having taken it in his arms he said to them,
37. Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receives me; and whosoever shall receive me, does not receive me, but him who sent me.
38. And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.
39. But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a miracle in my name, and be able soon after to speak ill of me;
40. for he who is not against us is for us.
41. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.