They took the boy home alive and were greatly ¹  comforted.

The boy answered, ¹  ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart ²  and went.

Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

So they brought the boy ¹  to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He ²  fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

As ¹  the boy ²  was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground ³  and shook him with convulsions. ⁴  But Jesus rebuked ⁵  the unclean ⁶  spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Then ¹  Jesus rebuked ²  the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

The father ¹  went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, ²  ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy ¹  looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!”

But ¹  when the feast was over, ²  as they were returning home, ³  the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His ⁴  parents ⁵  did not know it,

“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good ¹  are these for so many people?”