24. Immediately the father cried out, “I do believe! Help me to believe more!”
25. Jesus saw that a crowd was running there to see what was happening. So he spoke to the evil spirit, saying, “You deaf and dumb spirit—I command you to come out of this boy and never enter him again!”
26. The evil spirit screamed and caused the boy to fall on the ground again. Then the spirit came out. The boy looked as if he were dead. And many people said, “He is dead!”
27. But Jesus took hold of the boy’s hand and helped him to stand up.
28. Jesus went into the house. His followers were alone with him there. They said, “Why couldn’t we force that evil spirit out?”
29. Jesus answered, “That kind of spirit can only be forced out by prayer.”
30. Then Jesus and his followers left that place and went through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where he was
31. because he wanted to teach his followers alone. He said to them, “The Son of Man will be given to men who will kill him. After three days, he will rise from death.”
32. But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. And they were afraid to ask.
33. Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum and went into a house there. Then Jesus said to them, “What were you arguing about on the road?”
34. But the followers did not answer, because their argument on the road was about which one of them was the greatest.