Mark 9:15-26

¹⁵But, as soon as they saw Jesus, all the people, in great astonishment, ran up and greeted him.

¹⁶“What are you arguing about with them?” Jesus asked.

¹⁷“Teacher,” answered a man in the crowd, “I brought my son to see you, as he has a spirit in him that makes him mute;

¹⁸and, wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they failed.”

¹⁹“Faithless generation!” exclaimed Jesus. “How long must I be with you? How long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me.”

²⁰They brought him to Jesus; but no sooner did the boy see him than the spirit threw him into convulsions; and he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

²¹“How long has he been like this?” Jesus asked the boy's father.

²²“From his childhood,” he answered; “and it has often thrown him into fire and into water to put an end to his life; but, if you can possibly do anything, take pity on us, and help us!”

²³“Why say ‘possibly’?” Jesus replied. “Everything is possible for one who has faith.”

²⁴The boy's father immediately cried out, “I have faith; help my want of faith!”

²⁵But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit, “Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again.”

²⁶With a loud cry the spirit threw the boy into repeated convulsions, and then came out from him. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.