Matthew 17:19
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.”
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
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
- Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
- KJV
- Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
- WEB
- Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
- ASV
- Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out?
- DARBY
- Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said [to him], Why were not *we* able to cast him out?
- BLB
- Then the disciples, having come to Jesus in private, said, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”
- ÅB
- Da kom disiplene til Jesus i enerom og sa: «Hvorfor kunne ikke vi drive den ut?»
- OTB
- Senere kom disiplene til Jesus i det skjulte og spurte: “Hvorfor kunne vi ikke drive den ut?”
- B1930
- Da gikk disiplene til Jesus i enrum og sa: Hvorfor kunde ikke vi drive den ut?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 9:28
After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
Read in contextMark 4:10
As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
Read in context