ild cried out and said, "I believe;
help thou mine unbelief."
And when Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked
the unclean spirit, saying unto him, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I
command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him."
And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy
became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, "He is dead."
But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose, and
Jesus gave him back to his father. And they were all astonished at the
majesty of God.
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him
privately, "How is it that we could not cast it out?"
And he said unto them, "This kind can come out by nothing, save by
prayer. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, 'Remove hence to yonder place,'
and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."
THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE
THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION AGAIN FORETOLD.
And they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilee; and he
would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples,
and said unto them, "Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son
of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall
kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise
again."
But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
THE GREATEST DISCIPLE.
And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked
them, "What were ye reasoning on the way?"
But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on
the way, who was the greatest.
And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he said unto them, "If any
man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
And he took a little child, and set him in the midst of them: and
taking him in his arms, he said unto them, "Verily I say unto you,
Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise
enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom
of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name
receiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him
that sent me."
John said unto him, "Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy
name; and we forbade him, because he followed not us."
But Jesus said, "For
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