9:14 When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law 1 arguing with them. 9:15 When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran 2 at once and greeted him. 9:16 He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 9:17 A member of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute. 9:18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but 3 they were not able to do so.” 4 9:19 He answered them, 5 “You 6 unbelieving 7 generation! How much longer 8 must I be with you? How much longer must I endure 9 you? 10 Bring him to me.” 9:20 So they brought the boy 11 to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He 12 fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 9:21 Jesus 13 asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 9:22 It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 9:23 Then Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?’ 14 All things are possible for the one who believes.” 9:24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
9:25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked 15 the unclean spirit, 16 saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 9:26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy 17 looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!” 9:27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
9:28 Then, 18 after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 9:29 He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” 19
9:37 Now on 20 the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 9:38 Then 21 a man from the crowd cried out, 22 “Teacher, I beg you to look at 23 my son – he is my only child! 9:39 A 24 spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; 25 it throws him into convulsions 26 and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing 27 him severely. 9:40 I 28 begged 29 your disciples to cast it out, but 30 they could not do so.” 31 9:41 Jesus answered, 32 “You 33 unbelieving 34 and perverse generation! How much longer 35 must I be with you and endure 36 you? 37 Bring your son here.” 9:42 As 38 the boy 39 was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground 40 and shook him with convulsions. 41 But Jesus rebuked 42 the unclean 43 spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 9:43 Then 44 they were all astonished at the mighty power 45 of God.
But while the entire crowd 46 was amazed at everything Jesus 47 was doing, he said to his disciples,