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Matthew 17:14-20 CEV ...Jesus and his disciples returned to the crowd. A man knelt in front of him (15) and said, "Lord, have pity on my son! He has a bad case of epilepsy and often falls into a fire or into water. (16) I brought him to your disciples, but none of them could heal him." (17) Jesus said, "You people are too stubborn to have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here." (18) Then Jesus spoke sternly to the demon. It went out of the boy, and right then he was healed. (19) Later the disciples went to Jesus in private and asked him, "Why couldn't we force out the demon?" (20) Jesus replied: It is because you don't have enough faith! But I can promise you this. If you had faith no larger than a mustard seed, you could tell this mountain to move from here to there. And it would. Everything would be possible for you.

Jesus often rebuked his disciples for their lack of faith. They needed to have faith to command God's Spirit; so as to accomplish the works of Christ. Peter sank into the water for his lack of faith during Jesus first presence, (Mat 14:27-31) but he continued to learn. After Jesus was crucified and resurrected to heaven, awaiting his return, Peter seemed to have gained full control of our Father's Spirit. (Acts 5:15-16 of 12-32)

Matthew 17:14-20 LITV ...And they having come toward the crowd, a man came near to Him, kneeling down to Him, and saying, (15) Lord, pity my son. For he is moonstruck and suffers miserably. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. (16) And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him. (17) And answering, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation! Until when shall I be with you? Until when shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me. (18) And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon came out from him; and the boy was healed from that hour. (19) Then coming up to Jesus privately, the disciples said, Why were we not able to cast him out? (20) And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there! And it will move. And nothing shall be impossible to you.

Matthew 17:14-20 BBE ...And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying, (15) Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water. (16) And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well. (17) And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me. (18) And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour. (19) Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out? (20) And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

Matthew 17:14-20 GNB ...When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him, (15) and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible attacks that he often falls in the fire or into water. (16) I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him." (17) Jesus answered, "How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me!" (18) Jesus gave a command to the demon, and it went out of the boy, and at that very moment he was healed. (19) Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, "Why couldn't we drive the demon out?" (20) "It was because you do not have enough faith," answered Jesus. "I assure you that if you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this hill, 'Go from here to there!' and it will go. You could do anything!"

Matthew 17:14-20 NWT ...And when they came toward the crowd, a man approached him, kneeling down to him and saying: 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and is ill, for he falls often into the fire and often into the water; 16 and I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.” 17 In reply Jesus said: “O faithless and twisted generation, how long must I continue with YOU? How long must I put up with YOU? Bring him here to me.” 18 Then Jesus rebuked it, and the demon came out of him; and the boy was cured from that hour. 19 Thereupon the disciples came up to Jesus privately and said: “Why is it we could not expel it?” 20 He said to them: “Because of YOUR little faith. For truly I say to YOU, If YOU have faith the size of a mustard grain, YOU will say to this mountain, ‘Transfer from here to there,’ and it will transfer, and nothing will be impossible for YOU.”

Matthew 17:14-20 ALT ...And when they came to the crowd, a man approached Him, kneeling before Him, (15) and saying, "Lord, be merciful to my son, for he is moonstruck [or, is a lunatic] and suffers miserably; for frequently he falls into the fire and frequently into the water. (16) "And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him." (17) So answering, Jesus said, "O unbelieving [or, faithless] and having been perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Be bringing him here to Me." (18) And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon came out from him, and the boy was healed from that hour. (19) Then the disciples having approached Jesus privately said, "Why were we not able to cast it out?" (20) So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For positively I say to you, if you are having faith like a grain of mustard [or, a mustard seed], you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here [to] there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - 1769 King James Version

KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

MWT - Modern World Translation

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation

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