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Contemporary English Version

Matthew 17:16

I brought him to your disciples, but none of them could heal him."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Demons;   Doubting;   Faith;   Intercession;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Failure, Spiritual;   Spiritual;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Hutchinsonians;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deafness;   Devil, Satan, Evil, Demonic;   Devil;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boy ;   Children;   Cures;   Disease;   Endurance;   Lunatic;   Possession;   Reality;   Salvation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Demoniacs;   Miracles;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Transfiguration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Lunatics;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cure;   Intercession;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”
King James Version (1611)
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
King James Version
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
English Standard Version
And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him."
New American Standard Bible
"And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."
New Century Version
I brought him to your followers, but they could not cure him."
Amplified Bible
"And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heale him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."
Legacy Standard Bible
And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."
Berean Standard Bible
I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him."
Complete Jewish Bible
I brought him to your talmidim, but they couldn't heal him."
Darby Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.
Easy-to-Read Version
I brought him to your followers, but they could not heal him."
George Lamsa Translation
And I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.
Good News Translation
I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."
Lexham English Bible
And I brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him."
Literal Translation
And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him.
American Standard Version
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
Bible in Basic English
And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.
Hebrew Names Version
So I brought him to your talmidim, and they could not cure him."
International Standard Version
I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."
Etheridge Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not heal him.
Murdock Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I brought hym to thy disciples, and they coulde not heale hym.
English Revised Version
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
World English Bible
So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not cure him.
Weymouth's New Testament
I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y brouyte hym to thi disciplis, and thei myyten not heele hym.
Update Bible Version
And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
New English Translation
I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him."
New King James Version
So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."
New Living Translation
So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."
New Life Bible
I took him to Your followers but they were not able to heal him."
New Revised Standard
And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I brought him unto thy disciples, and they could not cure, him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-15) And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
Revised Standard Version
And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And I brought him to thy disciples and they coulde not heale him.
Young's Literal Translation
and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and I brought him vnto thy disciples, and they coude not heale him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I presented him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I took him to some of your cowboys, but they couldn't help him."

Contextual Overview

14 Jesus and his disciples returned to the crowd. A man knelt in front of him 15 and said, "Lord, have pity on my son! He has a bad case of epilepsy and often falls into a fire or into water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but none of them could heal him." 17 Jesus said, "You people are too stubborn to have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here." 18 Then Jesus spoke sternly to the demon. It went out of the boy, and right then he was healed. 19 Later the disciples went to Jesus in private and asked him, "Why couldn't we force out the demon?" 20Jesus replied: It is because you don't have enough faith! But I can promise you this. If you had faith no larger than a mustard seed, you could tell this mountain to move from here to there. And it would. Everything would be possible for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and they: Matthew 17:19, Matthew 17:20, 2 Kings 4:29-31, Luke 9:40, Acts 3:16, Acts 19:15, Acts 19:16

Reciprocal: Judges 16:20 - the Lord 2 Kings 4:31 - neither voice Mark 9:18 - and they

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
Genesis 12:2
I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.
Genesis 17:6
I will give you a lot of descendants, and in the future they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.
Genesis 17:10
As the sign that you are keeping this promise, you must circumcise every man and boy in your family.
Genesis 17:14
Any man who isn't circumcised hasn't kept his promise to me and cannot be one of my people.
Genesis 24:60
They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, "We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies."
Isaiah 49:23
The kings and queens of those nations where they were raised will come and bow down. They will take care of you just like a slave taking care of a child. Then you will know that I am the Lord . You won't be disappointed if you trust me."
Romans 9:9
Sarah, "At this time next year I will return, and you will already have a son."
1 Peter 3:6
For example, Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her true children, if you do right and don't let anything frighten you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I brought him to thy disciples,.... To the nine, whilst Christ was with the other three upon the mountain: no doubt but his design was to bring him to Christ first; but he being absent, he applied to his disciples, and, desired them to make use of their power to heal him; and which they attempted, but without success:

and they could not cure him. This he said, partly to show the malignity and stubbornness of the disease, and partly to accuse the disciples of weakness; when he himself was as much in fault as they, as the following words show. Here the Jew w insults, and charges with contradiction, that in one place it should be said, that Jesus gave his disciples power to cast out unclean spirits, and here all the disciples could not cast a spirit out of one little child: but without any reason; let it be observed, that "all" the disciples were not present, the three principal ones were with Christ; besides, this was not owing to want of power in them, which Christ had conferred on them, and which they often made use of with success: but partly to their own unbelief, and partly to the unbelief of the father of this child, and others with him, as appears from what follows: and it is clear from Mark, that when he came to Christ, he had but little faith; he says to him, "if thou canst do anything, help us"; and after Christ had talked with him about his faith, he could only say, "Lord, I believe, help mine unbelief".

w Vet. Nizzachon, p. 219, 220.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I brought him to thy disciples ... - That is, not to the apostles, for they had power over unclean spirits Matthew 10:8, but to others of his followers who attempted to work miracles. It is probable that many of his disciples attempted this who were not personal attendants on his ministry, Mark 9:38.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:16. Thy disciples could not cure him. — No wonder, when the cure must be effected by supernatural agency, and they had not faith enough to interest the power of God in their behalf, Matthew 17:20. A spiritual disorder must have a spiritual remedy: natural means, in such cases, signify just - nothing.


 
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