Mark:9:14-32

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* When they came to his disciples , they saw a great crowd around them and scribes debating with them . * At once the whole crowd saw him and were amazed , and they ran to him and welcomed him . * He asked them , * One of the crowd answered , "Teacher , I have brought my son to you . He has a dumb spirit , * and whenever it attacks him it convulses him and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth . He is wasting away . I asked your disciples to cast it out , but they had not the power ." * Jesus answered , * They brought him to him . As soon as the spirit saw Jesus , he convulsed the boy so that he fell on the ground and rolled about , foaming at the mouth . * Jesus asked the father , He said , "From early childhood . * Often it has thrown him into the fire or into the water to destroy him . But if you can do anything , have pity on us and help us ." * Jesus said , * At once the father of the child cried out , "I believe ; help my unbelief ." * Jesus saw that the crowd was rapidly increasing , so he rebuked the impure spirit with the words , * He screamed and convulsed the boy and came out . The boy looked like a corpse , so that most of them said , "He is dead ." * But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him and he stood up . * After he had gone into the house , his disciples asked him privately , "Why were we not able to cast it out ?" * He said , * After leaving there , they were passing through Galilee , and he did not wish any one to know it . * For he was teaching his disciples and telling them that the Son of Man would be betrayed into the hands of men and that they would kill him , and that three days after being killed he would rise . * But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to question him .

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