16. And one of the multitude, answering, said: Master, I have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit.
17. Who, wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with the teeth, and pineth away; and I spoke to thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not.
18. Who answering them, said: O incredulous generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
19. And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him; and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled about foaming.
20. And he asked his father: How long time is it since this hath happened unto him? But he said: From his infancy:
21. And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compassion on us.