Matthew 17:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:29-31 : 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face. 30 But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her. 31 And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.
  • Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out? 20 And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.
  • Luke 9:40 : 40 And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.
  • Acts 3:16 : 16 And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.
  • Acts 19:15-16 : 15 And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.

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  • Luke 9:38-42
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    38And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

    39And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.

    40And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

    41And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.

    42And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.

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    14And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

    15Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

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    17And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.

    18And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.

    19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?

  • Mark 9:16-22
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    16And he said, What are you questioning them about?

    17And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

    18And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

    19And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

    20And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

    21And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

    22And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

  • Mark 9:24-29
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    24Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

    25And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

    26And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

    27But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

    28And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

    29And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

  • 22Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

  • 32And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

  • 16And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

  • 40And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

  • 30And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

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    18And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

    19And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

  • 32And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.

  • 23But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

  • 32And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

  • 24And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

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  • 6Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

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    21And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

    22And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

  • 19And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

  • 15And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

  • 18And he said, Give them to me.

  • 14And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

  • 40And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well.

  • 13Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

  • 34And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

  • 2And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.