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Mk 9:24b ... "I believe you (will) be helping of me to the unbelief!"

The third phrase has these 5 dialog words, ... "Pisteuō, boēthei mou tē apistia" ["I am believing you (will) be helping of me to the unbelief"]!

The 5 dialog words are clockwise starting bottom left. The father said he believes and then confesses that he does not believe. One or the other must be a lie. The diagram shows there is only room for believing, not tears. The little boy only 'knows' immediately that his father just lied. The little boy shows the sign of 'believing' which is identical to the sign of 'crying.' The father is never mentioned again. If Jesus ever helped the father, the reader must fill in the blanks. There is only room for the sign of believing for Jesus and the little boy. It is now up to Jesus to help the believer, because Jesus said, ... "If you are able, all things (are) possible to the one believing" (Mk 9:23). We see the father was not able to believe, the son was.

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