'The disciples' unbelief
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Mt 17:14: And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
Mt 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.
Mt 17:16: And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
Mt 17:17: 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.
Mt 17:18: And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
Mt 17:19: Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
Mt 17:20: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Mt 17:21: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Mt 17:22: And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
Mt 17:23: And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.