King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 17:15
“Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.”
Verse in context — Matthew 17
13
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
14
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a [certain] man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
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Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
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And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
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Then Jesus answered and said, ‹O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.›
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