^{14 Ref} And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,

^{15 Ref} and saying, `Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,

^{16 Ref} and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.'

^{17 Ref} And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'

^{18 Ref} and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

^{19 Ref} Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, `Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'