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A Boy Is Healed

14 aAnd when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,  
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is1 an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.  
16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O1 faithless and aperverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”  
18 And Jesus arebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.  
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your1 unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, aif you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.  
21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”  

Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection

22 aNow while they were1 staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men,  
23 and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up.” And they were exceedingly asorrowful.  
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Matthew 17:14-21

Jesus walked with His disciples from Bethsaida to the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi. Six to eight days later, Jesus went up into a high mountain to pray, taking Peter, James, and John with Him and leaving His other nine disciples behind. There He was transfigured before the three. Meanwhile in the valley, the remaining nine disciples failed to cast out a demon from a young boy. Descending the day following His transfiguration, Christ healed the demoniac boy.

The failure of the nine disciples had given the scribes fuel for criticism of both the disciples and Christ. When Christ arrived on the scene, the scribes were being critically disruptive about the failure. The scribes were not known for their questioning as much as for their refuting and disputing. "Questioning" (KJV) or "disputing" (NKJV) in Mark 9:14 is translated from a Greek word that implies confuting, that is, attempting to disprove or deny.

The success of Christ, however, countered the failure of the disciples, shutting the mouths of the critical scribes. His coming upon this scene of dispute, chaos, and darkness must have been an incredible contrast to the honor, power, and glory that He had just experienced on the mountain in the Transfiguration. The sights and sounds that met Him on His return to the sinful world must have disturbed Him.

Martin G. Collins
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Exorcising a Young Boy (Part One)

Related Topics: | Critical Scribes | Exorcism | Failure to Cast Out Demons | Jesus Christ's Exorcising a Young Boy | Jesus Christ's Miracles | Scribe's Confutation of Miracle | Scribe's Criticism of Christ's Disciples | Transfiguration


 
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