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Mark 9:28

26 After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.

After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

29 Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”

30 Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

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BSB
After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
KJV
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
WEB
When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
ASV
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, [How is it] that we could not cast it out?
DARBY
And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not *we* cast him out?
BLB
And [on] His having entered into the house, His disciples were questioning Him by Himself, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”
ÅB
Og da han var kommet inn i et hus, spurte hans disipler ham i enerom: Hvorfor kunne ikke vi drive den ut?
OTB
Da Jesus hadde gått innendørs, spurte disiplene ham privat: «Hvorfor kunne ikke vi drive den ut?»
B1930
Og da han var kommet inn i et hus, spurte hans disipler ham i enrum: Hvorfor kunde ikke vi drive den ut?

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