Matthew 17:16

Mace New Testament

I presented him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”

King James Version (1611)
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

King James Version
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

English Standard Version
And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him."

New American Standard Bible
"And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."

New Century Version
I brought him to your followers, but they could not cure him."

Amplified Bible
"And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heale him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."

Legacy Standard Bible
And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."

Berean Standard Bible
I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him."

Contemporary English Version
I brought him to your disciples, but none of them could heal him."

Complete Jewish Bible
I brought him to your talmidim, but they couldn't heal him."

Darby Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

Easy-to-Read Version
I brought him to your followers, but they could not heal him."

George Lamsa Translation
And I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.

Good News Translation
I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."

Lexham English Bible
And I brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him."

Literal Translation
And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

American Standard Version
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

Bible in Basic English
And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

Hebrew Names Version
So I brought him to your talmidim, and they could not cure him."

International Standard Version
I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."

Etheridge Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not heal him.

Murdock Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I brought hym to thy disciples, and they coulde not heale hym.

English Revised Version
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

World English Bible
So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not cure him.

Weymouth's New Testament
I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y brouyte hym to thi disciplis, and thei myyten not heele hym.

Update Bible Version
And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

New English Translation
I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him."

New King James Version
So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."

New Living Translation
So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."

New Life Bible
I took him to Your followers but they were not able to heal him."

New Revised Standard
And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I brought him unto thy disciples, and they could not cure, him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-15) And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

Revised Standard Version
And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And I brought him to thy disciples and they coulde not heale him.

Young's Literal Translation
and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and I brought him vnto thy disciples, and they coude not heale him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I took him to some of your cowboys, but they couldn't help him."

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ And when they were come to the multitude, a man came kneeling to him, and cry'd, ¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is grievously afflicted with the epilepsy; he often falls into the fire, and frequently into the water. ¹⁶ I presented him to your disciples, but they could not cure him. ¹⁷ upon which Jesus answered, incredulous and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? ¹⁸ bring him hither to me. and Jesus rebuked the demon, and he departed out of him: so that the child was cured from that very hour. ¹⁹ then came the disciples to Jesus in private, and said, why could not we cast him out? ²⁰ because of your incredulity, said Jesus: for I tell you truly, if ye had ever so little faith, ye might say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it should remove; and nothing would be too difficult for you. ²¹ however, such a distemper is not to be removed but by prayer and fasting.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and they: Matthew 17:19, Matthew 17:20, 2 Kings 4:29-31, Luke 9:40, Acts 3:16, Acts 19:15, Acts 19:16

Reciprocal: Judges 16:20 - the Lord 2 Kings 4:31 - neither voice Mark 9:18 - and they

Cross-References

Romans 9:9
for the words of the promise run thus, "at this time I will come, and Sara shall have a son."

1 Peter 3:6
such was Sarah, who show'd her obeysance to Abraham, by stiling him her Lord: and you will be stiled her children, if you imitate her conduct, and are not to be terrified out of your virtue.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I brought him to thy disciples,.... To the nine, whilst Christ was with the other three upon the mountain: no doubt but his design was to bring him to Christ first; but he being absent, he applied to his disciples, and, desired them to make use of their power to heal him; and which they attempted, but without success:

and they could not cure him. This he said, partly to show the malignity and stubbornness of the disease, and partly to accuse the disciples of weakness; when he himself was as much in fault as they, as the following words show. Here the Jew w insults, and charges with contradiction, that in one place it should be said, that Jesus gave his disciples power to cast out unclean spirits, and here all the disciples could not cast a spirit out of one little child: but without any reason; let it be observed, that "all" the disciples were not present, the three principal ones were with Christ; besides, this was not owing to want of power in them, which Christ had conferred on them, and which they often made use of with success: but partly to their own unbelief, and partly to the unbelief of the father of this child, and others with him, as appears from what follows: and it is clear from Mark, that when he came to Christ, he had but little faith; he says to him, "if thou canst do anything, help us"; and after Christ had talked with him about his faith, he could only say, "Lord, I believe, help mine unbelief".

w Vet. Nizzachon, p. 219, 220.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I brought him to thy disciples ... - That is, not to the apostles, for they had power over unclean spirits Matthew 10:8, but to others of his followers who attempted to work miracles. It is probable that many of his disciples attempted this who were not personal attendants on his ministry, Mark 9:38.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:16. Thy disciples could not cure him. — No wonder, when the cure must be effected by supernatural agency, and they had not faith enough to interest the power of God in their behalf, Matthew 17:20. A spiritual disorder must have a spiritual remedy: natural means, in such cases, signify just - nothing.