Matthew 17:15
Good News Translation
and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible attacks that he often falls in the fire or into water.

New Revised Standard Version
and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

Contemporary English Version
and said, "Lord, have pity on my son! He has a bad case of epilepsy and often falls into a fire or into water.

New American Bible
and said, “Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

have.

Matthew 15:22 And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil.

Mark 5:22,23 And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue named Jairus: and seeing him, falleth down at his feet. . . .

Mark 9:22 And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compassion on us.

Luke 9:38-42 And behold a man among the crowd cried out, saying: Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only one. . . .

John 4:46,47 He came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capharnaum. . . .

for.

Matthew 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:

Mark 9:17,18,20-22 And one of the multitude, answering, said: Master, I have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit. . . .

he is.

for ofttimes.

Matthew 8:31,32 And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine. . . .

Job 1:10-19 Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth? . . .

Job 2:7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:

Mark 5:4,5 For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him. . . .

Context
The Boy with a Demon
14And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water. 15And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 16Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:

Matthew 17:16
Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me.

Mark 9:22
And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compassion on us.

John 18:2
And Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: because Jesus had often resorted thither together with his disciples.

Matthew 17:14
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