Mark 9:17
15 As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.
16 “What are you disputing with them?” He asked.
Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute.
18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
19 “O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute.
- KJV
- And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
- WEB
- One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
- ASV
- And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I brought unto thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit;
- DARBY
- And one out of the crowd answered him, Teacher, I brought to thee my son, who has a dumb spirit;
- BLB
- And one out of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought to You my son, having a mute spirit.
- ÅB
- Og en blant folket svarte: Mester! jeg har ført til deg min sønn, som er besatt av en målløs ånd;
- OTB
- En mann fra folkemengden svarte: «Mester, jeg har brakt deg min sønn, som er besatt av en ånd som gjør ham stum.
- B1930
- Og en blandt folket svarte: Mester! jeg har ført til dig min sønn, som er besatt av en målløs ånd;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 9:25
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
Read in contextLuke 11:14
One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
Read in contextLuke 9:38
Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
Read in contextMark 10:13
Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
Read in contextMark 5:23
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
Read in contextMatthew 17:15
“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
Read in contextMark 7:26
Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
Read in contextMatthew 12:22
Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
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