between the two groups. It is also difficult to see the relation between the disciples’ inability to heal and the scribes’ accusations. Perhaps the scribes took advantage of the situation and reproached the disciples for their impotence. In any event the former disappear from the story after v. 16. 9:17–18 In v. 17 the child’s malady is described as both demon possession and inability to speak. In v. 25 deafness is also included. In vv. 18, 20, 22, however, the symptoms are those of epilepsy. There