Mark 9:21
And often it casts him into fire or into water, in order to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, help us and take pity on us.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
In Context
20And he questioned his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” But he said: “From infancy.
22But Jesus said to him, “If you are able to believe: all things are possible to one who believes.”
Cross References
Job 14:1Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
Mark 5:25And there was a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years.
Luke 13:16So then, should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for lo these eighteen years, be released from this restraint on the day of the Sabbath?”
John 9:1And Jesus, while passing by, saw a man blind from birth.
Acts 3:2And a certain man, who was lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried in. They would lay him every day at the gate of the temple, which is called the Beautiful, so that he might request alms from those entering into the temple.
Acts 9:33But he found there a certain man, named Aeneas, who was a paralytic, who had lain in bed for eight years.
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 →