Matthew 17:16
I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
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- 2 Kgs 4:29-31 : 29 Elisha told Gehazi,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child’s face.” 30 The mother of the child said,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back. 31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him,“The child did not wake up.”
- Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 20 He told them,“It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”
- Luke 9:40 : 40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”
- Acts 3:16 : 16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.
- Acts 19:15-16 : 15 But the evil spirit replied to them,“I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
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- Luke 9:38-425 verses86%
38 Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!
39 A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.
40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”
41 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”
42 As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- Matt 17:14-152 verses84%
14 The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
15 and said,“Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.
- Matt 17:17-193 verses84%
17 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
- Mark 9:16-227 verses80%
16 He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”
17 A member of the crowd said to him,“Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.
18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so.”
19 He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”
20 So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21 Jesus asked his father,“How long has this been happening to him?” And he said,“From childhood.
22 It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
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24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said,“I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
28 Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
29 He told them,“This kind can come out only by prayer.”
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22 Jesus and Beelzebul Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.
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32 They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.
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16 When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.
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40 So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,
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30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
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18 Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.
19 But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.
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32 When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.
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23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
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32 As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.
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24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.
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3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.
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1 Sending Out the Twelve Apostles Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.
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6 “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”
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21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”
22 A Two-stage Healing Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.
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19 But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”
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15 Jesus and Little Children Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.
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18 “Bring them here to me,” he replied.
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14 Jesus and Beelzebul Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.
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40 As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.
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13 Jesus and Little Children Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.
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34 So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
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2 Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”