Focused Passage

Matthew 17:14-20

The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom

Matthew moves from the glory of the transfigured Son, to the Father’s command to listen to him, to the clarification that Elijah has come and suffered, to a failed exorcism caused by little faith, to Jesus’ authority over the demon, to a second passion prediction, and finally to the Son’s freedom and humble payment of the temple tax.

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14When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.

15“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.

16I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

17“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”

18Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

19Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 14

Original words

WhenΚαὶG2532Conjunctionthey cameἐλθόντωνG2064Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine PluraltoπρὸςG4314PrepositiontheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularcrowdὄχλονG3793Noun - Accusative Masculine Singulara manἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularcame upπροσῆλθενG4334Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularto [Jesus]αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular[and] knelt beforeγονυπετῶνG1120Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularHimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 15

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionLordΚύριεG2962Noun - Vocative Masculine Singularhave mercy onἐλέησόνG1653Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularmyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularsonυἱόνG5207Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularhe saidλέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-ὅτιG3754ConjunctionHe has seizuresσεληνιάζεταιG4583Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionis sufferingπάσχει*G3958Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularterriblyκακῶςG2560Adverb-γὰρG1063ConjunctionvvvπολλάκιςG4178AdverbHe often fallsπίπτειG4098Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularintoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularfireπῦρG4442Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular[or]καὶG2532Conjunction-πολλάκιςG4178AdverbintoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularwaterὕδωρG5204Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Verse 16

Original words

-καὶG2532ConjunctionI broughtπροσήνεγκαG4374Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularhimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingulartoτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralYourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person SingulardisciplesμαθηταῖςG3101Noun - Dative Masculine PluralbutκαὶG2532Conjunctionthey couldἠδυνήθησανG1410Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluralnotοὐκG3756AdverbhealθεραπεῦσαιG2323Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivehimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 17

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OG5599InterjectionunbelievingἄπιστοςG571Adjective - Vocative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionperverseδιεστραμμένηG1294Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Feminine SingulargenerationγενεὰG1074Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular-δὲG1161Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularrepliedἈποκριθεὶςG611Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular-εἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHow longἕωςG2193Preposition. . .πότεG4219Conjunctionmust I remainἔσομαιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singularwithμεθ’G3326PrepositionyouὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person PluralHow longἕωςG2193Preposition. . .πότεG4219Conjunctionmust I put up withἀνέξομαιG430Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person PluralBringφέρετέG5342Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural[the boy]αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularhereὧδεG5602Adverbto MeμοιG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Verse 18

Original words

ThenκαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularrebukedἐπετίμησενG2008Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[the demon]αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-τὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Singular[it]δαιμόνιονG1140Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularcame outἐξῆλθενG1831Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularofἀπ’G575Preposition[the boy]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singular[he]παῖςG3816Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwas healedἐθεραπεύθηG2323Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person SingularfromἀπὸG575PrepositionthatἐκείνηςG1565Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularmomentὥραςG5610Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 19

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AfterwardΤότεG5119AdverbtheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluraldisciplesμαθηταὶG3101Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralcameπροσελθόντεςG4334Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine Singularto JesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Dative Masculine Singularvvvκατ’G2596PrepositionprivatelyἰδίανG2398Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular[and] askedεἶπονG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralWhyΔιὰG1223PrepositionvvvτίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularvvvοὐκG3756Adverbcouldn’tἠδυνήθημενG1410Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person PluralweἡμεῖςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Pluraldrive it outἐκβαλεῖνG1544Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active. . .αὐτόG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Verse 20

Original words

BecauseΔιὰG1223PrepositionyouὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Singular[have] so little faithὀλιγοπιστίανG3640Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-δὲG1161Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularHe answeredλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. . .αὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person PluralForγὰρG1063ConjunctiontrulyἀμὴνG281Hebrew WordI tellλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralifἐὰνG1437Conjunctionyou haveἔχητεG2192Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person PluralfaithπίστινG4102Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularthe size ofὡςG5613Adverba mustardσινάπεωςG4615Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularseedκόκκονG2848Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularyou can sayἐρεῖτεG2046Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Pluralto thisτούτῳG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularmountainὄρειG3735Noun - Dative Neuter SingularMoveΜετάβαG3327Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singularfrom hereἔνθενG1759Adverbto thereἐκεῖG1563AdverbandκαὶG2532Conjunctionit will moveμεταβήσεταιG3327Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionNothingοὐδὲνG3762Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singularwill be impossibleἀδυνατήσειG101Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularfor youὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural

BSB notes

  • BYZ and TR include 21But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting; see Mark 9:29.

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