Matthew 17:16

The Darby Translation

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

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."

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

Complete Jewish Bible
I brought him to your talmidim, but they couldn't 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 And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, falling on his knees before him, and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and suffers sorely; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him. ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me. ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out from him, and the boy was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said [to him], Why were not *we* able to cast him out? ²⁰ And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you. ²¹ But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting.

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
And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee—that every male among you be circumcised.

Genesis 17:14
And the uncircumcised male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: he hath broken my covenant.

Genesis 17:26
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son;

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies!

Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.

Romans 9:9
For this word [is] of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.

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.