Mark 9:29
And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not that any man should know it.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:33And going in, he shut the door upon him, and upon the child, and prayed to the Lord.
Matthew 12:45Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.
Matthew 17:21And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
Acts 9:40And they all being put forth, Peter, kneeling down, prayed. And turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes and, seeing Peter, sat up.
1 Corinthians 9:27But I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway. I chastise, etc... Here St. Paul shews the necessity of self-denial and mortification, to subdue the flesh, and its inordinate desires.
2 Corinthians 11:27In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, 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 →