21. Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been happening to him?” The father answered, “Since he was very young.
22. The spirit often throws him into a fire or into water to kill him. If you can do anything, please have pity on us and help us.”
23. Jesus said to the father, “Why did you say ‘if you can’? All things are possible for the one who believes.”
24. Immediately the father shouted, “I do believe. Help me to believe more!”
25. Jesus saw that all the people were running there to see what was happening. So he spoke to the evil spirit. He said, “You evil spirit that makes this boy deaf and stops him from talking—I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”