Matthew 17:18
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.”
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.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
- KJV
- And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
- WEB
- Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
- ASV
- And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and the boy was cured from that hour.
- DARBY
- And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out from him, and the boy was healed from that hour.
- BLB
- And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out from him, and the boy was healed from that hour.
- ÅB
- Og Jesus truet den onde ånden, og den for ut av ham. Og gutten ble helbredet fra samme øyeblikk.
- OTB
- Jesus befalte demonen å forlate, og den forlot gutten, som ble helbredet med det samme.
- B1930
- Og Jesus truet ham, og den onde ånd fór ut av ham, og gutten blev helbredet fra samme stund.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 9:22
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
Read in contextMark 1:34
And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
Read in contextMatthew 12:22
Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
Read in contextLuke 4:35–36
But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
Read in contextMark 5:8
For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”
Read in contextJohn 4:52–53
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
Read in contextMark 9:25–27
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
Read in contextMatthew 15:28
“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
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