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Verses 14-21

Matthew 17:14-Ecclesiastes : . Healing of the Demoniac Boy ( Mark 9:14-Joel : *, Luke 9:37-John :).— The story is much shorter than in Mk. The reference to possession does not come till the end; in Matthew 17:15 the child is described as epileptic. Perhaps the story was told in Q. The father’ s appeal, “ Lord, have mercy” ( Matthew 17:15), gives us the well-known “ Kyrie eleison.” Instead of prayer (the verse ( Matthew 17:21) in Mt. is spurious) and fasting ( Mark 9:29), Jesus here puts the emphasis on faith ( cf. Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:22 f.). The Sinaitic Syriac has “ your unfaith” ; perhaps “ little faith” is a softening of this.

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