{"id":9752,"date":"2024-08-27T12:36:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9752"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:28:37","slug":"matthew-chapter-17-jesus-heals-a-demon-possessed-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9752","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 17 Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cLord, have mercy on my son,\u201d he said. \u201cHe has seizures&nbsp;and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>17\u00a0<\/sup><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cYou unbelieving and perverse generation,\u201d\u00a0<\/mark>Jesus replied,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201chow long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0<sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, \u201cWhy couldn\u2019t we drive it out?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>He replied,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0202\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cBecause you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith\u00a0as small as a mustard seed,\u00a0you can say to this mountain, \u2018Move from here to there,\u2019 and it will move.\u00a0Nothing will be impossible for you.\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0<sup>[21]\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14&nbsp;When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.&nbsp;15&nbsp;\u201cLord, have mercy on my son,\u201d he said. \u201cHe has seizures&nbsp;and is suffering greatly. 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