A) It's important to note that at the end of this teaching, Jesus makes it clear that if we have faith the size of a mustard seed, we can move mountains in our lives. This suggests that some of these mountains in our lives are still there because we don't operate with faith. The disciples wanted to know why they could not cast out the spirit, which helps us understand that they knew it was a spirit. After Jesus reproves them about faith, he also says (in most Greek manuscripts, "This kind of demon won't come out unless you have prayer and fasting." I believe this is accurate and in the original text. It should be noted that sometimes spiritual warfare requires an extreme amount of determination and commitment.
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