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Mat 17:15 — 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.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

have	Mat 15:22; Mar 5:22,23; Mar 9:22; Luk 9:38-42; Jhn 4:46,47
for	Mat 4:24; Mar 9:17,18,20-22
he is	[seleniazomai ( selhnia/zomai )] from [selene ( selh/nh )] the moon, one who was affected with his disorder at the change and full of the moon. This is the case in some kinds of madness and epilepsy. This youth was no doubt epileptic; but it was evidently either produced or taken advantage of by a demon or evil spirit.
for ofttimes	Mat 8:31,32; Job 1:10-19; Job 2:7; Mar 5:4,5

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