Mark 9:29
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.
28 After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
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,
31 because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
- KJV
- And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- WEB
- He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”
- ASV
- And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.
- DARBY
- And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
- BLB
- And He said to them, “This kind is able to come out by nothing except by prayer.”
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Dette slag kan ikke drives ut uten ved bønn og faste.
- OTB
- Han svarte: «Denne sorten kan bare komme ut ved bønn.»
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: Dette slag kan ikke drives ut uten ved bønn og faste.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 5:15
And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
Read in contextDaniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
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 contextEphesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:8
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
Read in context1 Kings 17:20–22
Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
Read in contextLuke 11:26
Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
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