19 Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and[a] said, Why[b] 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.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 17:19 Literally “for what”
  3. Matthew 17:20 Most later Greek manuscripts add v. 21, “But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”