Jesus Cures an Epileptic Boy

Matthew 17

Matthew 17:14 And when he had arrived at the multitude, a man approached him, falling to his knees before him, saying: “Lord, take pity on my son, for he is an epileptic, and he suffers harm. For he frequently falls into fire, and often also into water.

Matthew 17:15 And I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to cure him.”

Matthew 17:16 Then Jesus responded by saying: “What an unbelieving and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him here to me.”

Matthew17:17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

Matthew 17:18 Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and said, “Why were we unable to cast him out?”

Matthew 17:19 Jesus said to them: “Because of your unbelief. Amen I say to you, certainly, if you will have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it shall move. And nothing will be impossible for you.

Matthew 17:20 But this kind is not cast out, except through prayer and fasting.”

Matthew 17:21 And when they were conversing together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: “The Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.