16. And he asked them, What do ye question with them about?
17. And one out of the crowd answered him, Teacher, I brought to thee my son, who has a dumb spirit;
18. and wheresoever it seizes him it tears him, and he foams and gnashes his teeth, and he is withering away. And I spoke to thy disciples, that they might cast him out, and they could not.
19. But he answering them says, O unbelieving generation! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him to me.
20. And they brought him to him. And seeing him the spirit immediately tore him; and falling upon the earth he rolled foaming.
21. And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;
22. and often it has cast him both into fire and into waters that it might destroy him: but if thou couldst do anything, be moved with pity on us, and help us.
23. And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is if thou couldst believe: all things are possible to him that believes.
24. And immediately the father of the young child crying out said with tears, I believe, help mine unbelief.
25. But Jesus, seeing that the crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26. And having cried out and torn him much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.