Matthew 17:21
[But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” ] TLB. But this kind of demon won't leave unless you have prayed and gone without food.”.
TLB stands for The Living Bible, a popular English paraphrase created by Kenneth N. Taylor in 1971,
Matthew 17:21 is a Bible verse where Jesus explains that
a
certain type of demonic influence (or powerful spiritual obstacle) can
only be overcome through intense spiritual discipline, specifically "prayer and fasting," following His disciples' failure to heal a boy with a demon,
emphasizing that faith alone isn't always enough for tougher spiritual
battles, though it's present in some manuscripts but absent in others,
likely added from Mark 9:29 for emphasis Matthew
17:21 is absent from some of the earliest and most reliable manuscripts
of Matthew, suggesting scribes may have added it from the parallel
account in Mark 9:29 to clarify the teaching
Dr Dimitri OIKONOMOU is a former president of SYNDESMOS, the World Fellowship of
Orthodox Youth. He lives in Oxford, England where he belongs to the Orthodox
Community in Oxford.
Orthodox Youth. He lives in Oxford, England where he belongs to the Orthodox
Community in Oxford.
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