17 "Master," answered one of the crowd, "I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit in him;

18 and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and is wasting away. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

19 "O unbelieving generation!" replied Jesus; "how long must I be with you? How long must I be patient with you? Bring him to me."

20 So they brought the boy to him, and when he saw Jesus, the spirit at once convulsed him, and he fell to the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.

21 Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?"

22 "From childhood," he answered; "and often it has thrown him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."

23 Jesus said to him. "If you can!All things can be for one who believes."

24 The boys father with a cry said instantly. "I do believe; help my unbelief."

25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "You dumb and deaf spirit," he said, "come out of him, I command you, and never enter him again."

26 So with a loud shriek it came out, after throwing the boy into convulsion after convulsion. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stood up.