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The Gospel of Luke Chapter 9:37-62 Deliverance of a Demon Possessed Boy 9:37-38 Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. Then a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son — he is my only child! The day following the transfiguration, a multitude met Jesus as he came down from the mountain. One man in the crowd began to shout and plead earnestly for Jesus to attend to his only son. 9:39 A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely. The boy was possessed by an evil spirit which would frequently take violent control of him, throwing him into such terrible convulsions that he foamed at the mouth. Each attack left badly bruised and wounded. 9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so. Since when the boy’s father had arrived, Jesus was up the mountain, he brought him to the disciples and begged them to cast out the spirit - but they were unable to. 9:41 Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here." It is unclear whether it was the unbelief of the father or of his disciples which occasioned this rebuke from Jesus. In Mark's account of this incident, Jesus directly challenges the father’s faith (Mark 9:2428); yet Jesus’ remarks are addressed to the whole nation – those who were part of the unbelieving and morally corrupt age. They were so obstinate that Jesus was vexed as he lived among them. His words ‘how long shall I stay with you and put up with you’ may be taken to mean ‘put up with you as you are now, without you changing’ – tat is, Jesus is expressing his desire for their reformation rather than his own return to heaven. 9:42 As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.