"Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?" — Matthew 17:19

Matthew 17:19 · KJV

“Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?”

— Matthew 17:19

And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for 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.

Matthew 17 — Context

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Cross References

Mark 9:28

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

Mark 4:10

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.