Mark 9:20-21

Mark 9:20-21. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

And having begun with that sorrowful subject, the father, with the painful eloquence of pity, went on to tell the tale of woe: -