Mark 9:29

And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.

American Standard 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 was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, [How is it] that we could not cast it out?

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

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:33He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Jehovah.

Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

Matthew 17:21[But this kind goeth not out save 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 when she saw Peter, she sat up.

1 Corinthians 9:27but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

2 Corinthians 11:27[in] labor and travail, 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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