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Luke 9:40

38 Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.

39 A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.

I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

41 “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

42 Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
KJV
And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
WEB
I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”
ASV
And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.
DARBY
And I besought thy disciples that they might cast him out, and they could not.
BLB
And I begged Your disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.”
ÅB
og jeg ba dine disipler at de skulle drive den ut, men de kunne ikke.
OTB
"Jeg ba disiplene dine om å drive den ut, men de kunne ikke."
B1930
og jeg bad dine disipler at de skulde drive den ut, men de kunde ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 9:1

    Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.

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  • Acts 19:13–16

    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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  • 2 Kings 4:31

    Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

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  • Luke 10:17–19

    The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

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  • Matthew 17:20

    “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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