16And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?`
17and one out of the multitude answering said, `Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit;
18and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.`
19And he answering him, said, `O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;`
20and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing -- foaming.
21And he questioned his father, `How long time is it since this came to him?` and he said, `From childhood,
22and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.`
