017:010 "Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that Elijah
must first come?"
017:011 "Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would
reform everything.
017:012 But I tell you that he has already come, and they did
not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose.
And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them
in a similar way."
017:013 Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the Baptist
about whom He had spoken to them.
017:014 When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man
who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.
017:015 "Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic
and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often
into the water.
017:016 I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been
able to cure him."
017:017 "O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus;
"how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you?
Bring him to me."
017:018 Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him;
and the boy was cured from that moment.
017:019 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could
not we expel the demon?"
017:020 "Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly
declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed,
you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this place to that,'
and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
017:021 But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by
prayer and fasting."