Matthew 17:16

THE MESSAGE

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."

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

¹⁴At the bottom of the mountain, they were met by a crowd of waiting people. As they approached, a man came out of the crowd and fell to his knees begging, "Master, have mercy on my son. He goes out of his mind and suffers terribly, falling into seizures. Frequently he is pitched into the fire, other times into the river. I brought him to your disciples, but they could do nothing for him." ¹⁷Jesus said, "What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring the boy here." He ordered the afflicting demon out—and it was out, gone. From that moment on the boy was well. ¹⁹ When the disciples had Jesus off to themselves, they asked, "Why couldn't we throw it out?" ²⁰ "Because you're not yet taking God seriously," said Jesus. "The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, ‘Move!' and it would move. There is nothing you wouldn't be able to tackle." As they were regrouping in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed to some people who want nothing to do with God. They will murder him—and three days later he will be raised alive." The disciples felt terrible. When they arrived at Capernaum, the tax men came to Peter and asked, "Does your teacher pay taxes?" Peter said, "Of course." But as soon as they were in the house, Jesus confronted him. "Simon, what do you think? When a king levies taxes, who pays—his children or his subjects?" He answered, "His subjects." Jesus said, "Then the children get off free, right? But so we don't upset them needlessly, go down to the lake, cast a hook, and pull in the first fish that bites. Open its mouth and you'll find a coin. Take it and give it to the tax men. It will be enough for both of us." ²¹Sunlight Poured from His Face Six days later, three of them saw that glory. Jesus took Peter and the brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain. His appearance changed from the inside out, right before their eyes. Sunlight poured from his face. His clothes were filled with light. Then they realized that Moses and Elijah were also there in deep conversation with him. Peter broke in, "Master, this is a great moment! What would you think if I built three memorials here on the mountain—one for you, one for Moses, one for Elijah?" While he was going on like this, babbling, a light-radiant cloud enveloped them, and sounding from deep in the cloud a voice: "This is my Son, marked by my love, focus of my delight. Listen to him." When the disciples heard it, they fell flat on their faces, scared to death. But Jesus came over and touched them. "Don't be afraid." When they opened their eyes and looked around all they saw was Jesus, only Jesus. Coming down the mountain, Jesus swore them to secrecy. "Don't breathe a word of what you've seen. After the Son of Man is raised from the dead, you are free to talk." The disciples, meanwhile, were asking questions. "Why do the religion scholars say that Elijah has to come first?" Jesus answered, "Elijah does come and get everything ready. I'm telling you, Elijah has already come but they didn't know him when they saw him. They treated him like dirt, the same way they are about to treat the Son of Man." That's when the disciples realized that all along he had been talking about John the Baptizer. At the bottom of the mountain, they were met by a crowd of waiting people. As they approached, a man came out of the crowd and fell to his knees begging, "Master, have mercy on my son. He goes out of his mind and suffers terribly, falling into seizures. Frequently he is pitched into the fire, other times into the river. I brought him to your disciples, but they could do nothing for him." Jesus said, "What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring the boy here." He ordered the afflicting demon out—and it was out, gone. From that moment on the boy was well. When the disciples had Jesus off to themselves, they asked, "Why couldn't we throw it out?" "Because you're not yet taking God seriously," said Jesus. "The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, ‘Move!' and it would move. There is nothing you wouldn't be able to tackle."

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 12:2
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 35:11
God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants.

1 Peter 3:6
Cultivate Inner Beauty The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands. Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as "my dear husband." You'll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.

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.