Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy

14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus, kneeling before him 15 and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and [fn]suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 I brought him to yoʋr disciples, but they could not heal him.” 17 Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that hour. 19 Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 Jesus said to them, “Because of your [fn]unbelief. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. 21 [fn]But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”