Matthew 17:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁹ Then Jesus’ disciples came to Him privately and said, “Why could we not drive out that evil spirit?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out?

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, “Why couldn’t we throw the demon out?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Jesus said to them: "Because of your unbelief. Amen I say to you, certainly, if you will have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it shall move. And nothing will be impossible for you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

Matthew 17:19 Cross References

Matthew 17:18

Then Jesus spoke sternly to [the evil spirit in] the boy, and it left him, and he was immediately healed.

Matthew 17:20

He answered them, “[It was] because you had such little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to that place over there’ and it would move. And nothing will be impossible for you [to do].”

Mark 4:10

And when He was alone those people who gathered around Him, along with the twelve apostles, asked Him what the parables meant.

Mark 9:28

And when Jesus had come into a house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not drive out the evil spirit [from that boy]?”