¹⁷ Mark 9:17 And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; ¹⁸ Mark 9:18 and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.” ¹⁹ Mark 9:19 And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” ²⁰ Mark 9:20 They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. ²¹ Mark 9:21 And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²² Mark 9:22 “It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” ²³ Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.” ²⁴ Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” ²⁵ Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again.” ²⁶ Mark 9:26 After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!” ²⁷ Mark 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. ²⁸ Mark 9:28 When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?” ²⁹ Mark 9:29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.” ³⁰ Mark 9:30 From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.