KJV King James Version
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
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Matthew 17:17
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
WEB World English Bible
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said, ‘O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;’
Surrounding context — Matthew 17
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a [certain] man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἈποκριθεὶςG611 · apokrinōto answerδὲG1161 · dethenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayὦG5599 · ōoh!γενεὰG1074 · geneagenerationἄπιστοςG571 · apistosunbelievingκαὶG2532 · kaiandδιεστραμμένη,G1294 · diastrephōto pervertἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilπότεG4219 · potewhen?μεθ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterὑμῶνG4771 · suyouἔσομαι;G1510 · eimito beἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilπότεG4219 · potewhen?ἀνέξομαιG430 · anechōto endureὑμῶν;G4771 · suyouφέρετέG5342 · pherōto bear/leadμοιG3165 · memeαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heὧδε.G5602 · hōdehere
Cross-references
Numbers 14:11And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?Hebrews 3:16-19For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.Mark 16:14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?Matthew 8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?Acts 13:18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.Numbers 14:27How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.Psalm 95:10Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.Matthew 13:58And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.Matthew 16:8[Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?Luke 24:25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:John 20:27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
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