World English Bible
Matthew 17:19
“Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?”
Verse in context — Matthew 17
17
Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.
18
Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
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Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?
20
He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
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But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting.
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