17. Jesus answered, “You people today have no faith. Your lives are so wrong! How long must I stay with you? How long must I continue to be patient with you? Bring the boy here.”
18. Jesus gave a strong command to the demon inside the boy. The demon came out of the boy, and the boy was healed.
19. Then the followers came to Jesus alone. They said, “We tried to force the demon out of the boy, but we could not. Why were we not able to make the demon go out?”
20. Jesus answered, “You were not able to make the demon go out, because your faith is too small. Believe me when I tell you, if your faith is only as big as a mustard seed you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. You will be able to do anything.”
22. Later, the followers met together in Galilee. Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man will be handed over to the control of other men,
23. who will kill him. But on the third day he will be raised from death.” The followers were very sad to hear that Jesus would be killed.
24. Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum. There the men who collect the two-drachma Temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?”
25. Peter answered, “Yes, he does.” Peter went into the house where Jesus was. Before Peter could speak, Jesus said to him, “The kings on the earth get different kinds of taxes from people. But who are those who pay the taxes? Are they the king’s children? Or do other people pay the taxes? What do you think?”
26. Peter answered, “The other people pay the taxes.” Jesus said, “Then the children of the king don’t have to pay taxes.