Faith as a Mustard Seed
Soon after Jesus drove the unclean spirit from the boy and had given the boy back to his father, Jesus left the crowd and went into the house where He and His disciples were staying. His disciples came to Him privately and asked about the unclean spirit: “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.” Jesus continued: “You have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 17:19-21; Mark 9:28-29
Notes: "except by prayer": For the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark, two of the source manuscripts—the Byzantine text-type (BYZ) and the Textus Receptus (TR)—record this statement as "except by prayer and fasting."
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