Afterwards the disciples came up to Jesus, and asked him privately: "Why was it that we could not drive it out?"
Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy; and he was cured from that very hour.
"Because you have so little faith," he answered; "for, I tell you, if your faith were only like a mustard-seed, you could say to this mountain 'Move from this place to that!' and it would be moved; and nothing would be impossible to you."
Afterwards, when he was alone, his followers and the Twelve asked him about his parables;
When Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately: "Why could not we drive it out?"