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Matthew 17:14-21
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14When they came to the
crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.
15“Lord, have mercy on my
son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into
the fire or into the water.
16I brought him to your
disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17“You unbelieving and
perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long
shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
18Jesus rebuked the demon,
and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.
19Then the disciples came to
Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
20He replied, “Because you
have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard
seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will
move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
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1)
According to
verse 15 what was the man’s son suffering from?
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The man’s son
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Had seizures.
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Was suffering
greatly.
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And often fell into
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The fire.
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Or the water.
2)
According to
verse 16 what happened when the man
brought his son to the disciples for healing?
o
They could not
heal him.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 17 how did he
characterize the inability of the disciples
to heal the boy?
o
They were an
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Unbelieving.
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And perverse
generation.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 17 what was the
status of his patience with the disciples?
o
Jesus’ patience
with the disciples was running thin.
5)
According to
verse 18 what happened when Jesus rebuked
the demon?
o
The demon came
out of the boy.
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And he was healed
at that moment.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 20 what was his reply
to the disciples’ question as to why they
couldn’t drive the demon out?
o
It is because they
had so little faith.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 20 what would the
disciples be able to do if they had faith
as small as a mustard seed?
o
They would be
able to move mountain.
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Nothing would be
impossible for them.
8)
How much faith
did the disciples have when Jesus said
that they had so little faith?
o
They had close to
no faith, in fact so little that it
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Was definitely not
as much as a mustard seed.
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And could not
accomplish anything.
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Matthew 17:14-21
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