Matthew 17:16

Lexham English Bible

And I brought him to your 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."

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."

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 approached him, kneeling down before him ¹⁵ and saying, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers severely, for often he falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him." ¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said, "O unbelieving and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!" ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him and the boy was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and said, Why were we not able to expel it?" ²⁰ And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you." Now as they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised." And they were extremely distressed. Now when they arrived in Capernaum, the ones who collected the double drachma tax came up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the double drachma tax?" He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tolls or taxes—from their own sons, or from foreigners?" And when he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free. But so that we do not give offense to them, go out to the sea, cast a line with a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. And when you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you." ²¹The Transfiguration And after six days Jesus took along Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became bright as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him. So Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good that we are here! If you want, I will make here three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!" And when the disciples heard this, they fell down on their faces and were extremely frightened. And Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up and do not be afraid." And when they lifted up their eyes they saw no one except him—Jesus alone. And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them saying, "Tell no one the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead." And the disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" And he answered and said, "Elijah indeed is coming, and will restore all things. But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did with him whatever they wanted. In the same way also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist. And when they came to the crowd, a man approached him, kneeling down before him and saying, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers severely, for often he falls into the fire and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him." And Jesus answered and said, "O unbelieving and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!" And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him and the boy was healed from that hour. Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and said, Why were we not able to expel it?" And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

Bible Verse Review
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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 rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.

Genesis 17:6
And I will make you exceedingly fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you.

Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant which you shall keep, between me and you, and also with your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 17:14
And as for any uncircumcised male who has not circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.

Genesis 17:26
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "You are our sister; may you become countless thousands; and may your offspring take possession of the gate of his enemies."

Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am El-Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assemblage of nations shall be from you, and kings shall go out from your loins.

Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be your guardians, and their queens your nurses. They shall bow down, faces to the ground, to you, and they will lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; those who await me shall not be ashamed.

Romans 9:9
For the statement of the promise is this: "At this time I will return 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.