Mark 9:29

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why could not we cast it out?

30And going forth from thence, they passed through Galilee and he would not that any one should know it.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:45Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this wicked generation.

Matthew 17:21But this kind goes not forth, except by prayer and fasting.

Acts 9:40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up.

1 Corinthians 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest haply, having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

2 Corinthians 11:27by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, 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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