I be with you? how long must I have patience with you?
Bring the boy to me."
009:020 So they brought him to Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus,
immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell
on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
009:021 Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?"
"From early childhood," he said;
009:022 "and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools
of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity
on us and help us."
009:023 "`If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is
possible to him who believes."
009:024 Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe:
strengthen my weak faith."
009:025 Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running
towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it,
"Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him
and never enter into him again."
009:026 So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out.
The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said
he was dead;
009:027 but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood
on his feet.
009:028 After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked
Him privately, "How is it that we could not expel the spirit?"
009:029 "An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven
out by prayer."
009:030 Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was
unwilling that any one should know it;
009:031 for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them,