Matthew 17:16

Good News Translation

I brought him to your disciples, but they could not 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."

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.

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 When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him, ¹⁵ and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible attacks that he often falls in the fire or into water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him." ¹⁷ Jesus answered, "How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me!" ¹⁸ Jesus gave a command to the demon, and it went out of the boy, and at that very moment he was healed. ¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, "Why couldn't we drive the demon out?" ²⁰ "It was because you do not have enough faith," answered Jesus. "I assure you that if you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this hill, ‘Go from here to there!' and it will go. You could do anything!" ²¹

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
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

Genesis 12:2
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 17:6
I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.

Genesis 17:10
You and your descendants must all agree to circumcise every male among you.

Genesis 17:14
Any male who has not been circumcised will no longer be considered one of my people, because he has not kept the covenant with me."

Genesis 17:26
They were both circumcised on the same day,

Genesis 24:60
And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: "May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!"

Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be like fathers to you; queens will be like mothers. They will bow low before you and honor you; they will humbly show their respect for you. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; no one who waits for my help will be disappointed."

Romans 9:9
For God's promise was made in these words: "At the right time I will come back, and Sarah will have a son."

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.