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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.  

Peter and His Master Pay Their Taxes

24 aWhen they had come to1 Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Matthew 17:17

O faithless and perverse generation! - These and the following words may be considered as spoken:

1.To the disciples, because of their unbelief, Matthew 17:20.

2.To the father of the possessed, who should have brought his son to Christ.

3.To the whole multitude, who were slow of heart to believe in him as the Messiah, notwithstanding the miracles which he wrought.

See Kypke.

Perverse, , signifies -

1.Such as are influenced by perverse opinions, which hinder them from receiving the truth: and,

2.Such as are profligate in their manners.

Kypke. This last expression could not have been addressed to the disciples, who were certainly saved from the corruption of the world, and whose minds had been lately divinely illuminated by what passed at and after the transfiguration: but at all times the expression was applicable to the Jewish people.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 17:17:

Luke 9:42

 

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