17 One of the people answered and said, 'Teacher! I have brought to Thee my son, possessed by a dumb spirit;

18 Wherever he seizes him, he throws him to the ground, and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and becomes numb. I told Thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not.

19 And Jesus answered him, saying, "O unfaithful generation! How long will I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him to Me.

20 And they brought him to him. As soon as the demoniac saw Him, the spirit shook him; He fell to the ground and lay there, foaming.

21 And Jesus asked his father, 'How long ago has this happened to him?' He said, "From childhood;

22 And many times the spirit threw him into fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can, have pity on us and help us.

23 Jesus said to him, 'If you can believe a little, all things are possible to him that believes.'

24 And straightway the father of the lad cried out with tears, 'I believe, O Lord! help my unbelief.

25 And when Jesus saw that the people were coming together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "The spirit is dumb and deaf! I command you, come out of it and enter it no more.

26 And having cried out, and shook him violently, he went out; and he was made as dead, so that many said that he was dead.

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up; And he got up.

28 And when Jesus had entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not cast him out?

29 And he said to them, 'This kind cannot come out except by prayer and fasting.'

30 And when they went out of thence, they passed through Galilee; and He did not want anyone to know.