Mark 9:23
21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
22 “It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
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.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
- KJV
- Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
- WEB
- Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
- ASV
- And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.
- DARBY
- And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is [if thou couldst] believe: all things are possible to him that believes.
- BLB
- And Jesus said to him, “‘If You are able’? All things [are] possible to the one believing!”
- ÅB
- Men Jesus sa til ham: Om jeg formår? - Alt er mulig for den som tror.
- OTB
- Jesus sa til ham: «‘Hvis du kan’? Alt er mulig for den som tror.»
- B1930
- Men Jesus sa til ham: Om jeg formår? - Alt er mulig for den som tror.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 11:40
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Read in contextHebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Read in contextMatthew 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.”
Read in contextMark 11:23
“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.
Read in contextMatthew 21:21–22
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
Read in contextLuke 17:6
And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
Read in context2 Chronicles 20:20
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
Read in contextJohn 4:48–50
Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
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