Mark 9:29

And he said to them, This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

In Context

28And when he came into the house, his disciples questioned him privately, We were not able to cast it out.

30And having departed from there, they passed through Galilee, and he did not want that any man would know it.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:33He went in therefore, and shut the door upon the two of them, and prayed to LORD.

Matthew 12:45Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.

Matthew 17:21But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.

Acts 9:40But Peter, having sent them all out, having knelt down, he prayed. And having turned to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And the woman opened her eyes. And when she saw Peter, she sat up.

1 Corinthians 9:27But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

2 Corinthians 11:27in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:15-30

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit. 14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his… Read the whole commentary →

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