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13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

The Disciples’ Failure to Heal

14 When[a] they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, 15 and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures[b] and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:14 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 17:15 tn Grk “he is moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB, NASB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι).