Luke 9:41
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you?" Then he said to the man, "Bring your son here."

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said to them, "You people are stubborn and don't have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you?" Then Jesus said to the man, "Bring your son to me."

New American Bible
Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus, answering:, said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jesus, answering:, said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son.

O faithless.

Luke 8:25 And he said to them: Where is your faith? Who being afraid, wondered, saying one to another: Who is this (think you), that he commandeth both the winds and the sea: and they obey him?

Mark 9:19 Who answering them, said: O incredulous generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto me.

John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas: Put in thy finger hither and see my hands. And bring hither the hand and put it into my side. And be not faithless, but believing.

Hebrews 3:19 And we see that they could not enter in, because of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:2,11 For unto us also it hath been declared in like manner as unto them. But the word of hearing did not profit them, not being mixed with faith of those things they heard. . . .

perverse.

Deuteronomy 32:5 They have sinned against him, and are none of his children in their filth: they are a wicked and perverse generation.

Psalm 78:8 That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Matthew 3:7 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:39,45 Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. . . .

Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.

Matthew 23:36 Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

Acts 2:40 And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

how.

Exodus 10:3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.

Exodus 16:28 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will you refuse to keep my commandments, and my law?

Numbers 14:11,27 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people detract me? how long will they not believe me for all the signs that I have wrought before them? . . .

Jeremiah 4:14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

Matthew 17:17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

John 14:9 Jesus saith to him: Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me seeth the Father also. How sayest thou: Shew us the Father?

and suffer.

Acts 13:18 And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert:

Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience and longsuffering? Knowest thou not that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?

Hebrews 3:9-11 Where your fathers tempted me, proved and saw my works, . . .

Bring.

2 Kings 5:8 And when Eliseus, the man of God, had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his garments, he sent to him, saying: Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

Mark 10:14,49 Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. . . .

Hebrews 7:25 Whereby he is able also to save for ever them that come to God by him; always living to make intercession for us.

Context
The Boy with an Evil Spirit
40And I desired thy disciples to cast him out: and they could not. 41And Jesus, answering:, said: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son. 42And as he was coming to him, the devil threw him down and tore him.…
Cross References
Matthew 17:17
And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

Luke 9:40
And I desired thy disciples to cast him out: and they could not.

Luke 9:42
And as he was coming to him, the devil threw him down and tore him.

Luke 9:40
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