Necessity Must Give Place to Extremity
Matthew 17:21
However, this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting.


And the physician is merciful, if he pines his patient into a recovery. In this case we encounter sin in the body, like a besieged enemy: and such a one, when he has once engarrisoned himself in a strong hold, will endure a storm and repel assaults: you must cut off his supplies of provision, and never think to win the fort, till hunger breaks through the walls, and starves him into a surrender.

(R. South, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

WEB: But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."




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