10. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant.
11. Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12. He told them, “Elijah will indeed come first and restore all things, yet how is it written regarding the Son of Man that he must suffer greatly and be treated with contempt?
13. But I tell you that Elijah has come and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
14. When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them.
15. Immediately on seeing him, the whole crowd was utterly amazed. They ran up to him and greeted him.
16. He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”
17. Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I have brought to you my son possessed by a mute spirit.
18. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable to do so.”