Mark 9:29
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
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 of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Read in contextDaniel 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Read in contextMatthew 17:20
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Read in contextEphesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:8
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:27
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Read in context1 Kings 17:20–22
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
Read in contextLuke 11:26
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
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