Bible verse
Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
Matthew 17:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 17.
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
16 I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17 “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
19 Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
20 “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
22 When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
23 They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
KJV
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
ASV
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out?
ERV
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out?
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