Matthew 17:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ “Lord, take pity on my son, for he has violent seizures and suffers intense pain. He often falls into a fire or into water. [Note: This man was also dominated by an evil spirit. See verse 18].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ saying, “Lord, show mercy to my son. He is epileptic and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire or the water.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to cure him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

Matthew 17:15 Cross References

Matthew 15:22

Just then a Canaanite woman came out of that area [Note: Mark 7:26 calls her a Syrophoenician Gentile], crying, “O Lord, son of David, have pity on me. My daughter is seriously troubled by an evil spirit.”

Matthew 17:16

I brought him to [some of] your disciples [for help] but they were not able to heal him.”

Matthew 4:24

The news [of what Jesus was doing] spread all over [the country of] Syria and they brought to Him all those who were sick, stricken with various diseases and pains, dominated by evil spirits, and afflicted with seizures and paralysis, and He healed them [all].

Luke 6:18

And [also] those who were tormented by evil spirits were healed.

John 18:2

Now Judas, who [was soon to] turn Jesus over [to the Jewish authorities] also knew where this place was, for Jesus had frequently met there with His disciples.