Matthew 17:19
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
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
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
Read in contextMark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Read in context