Mark 9:29
‘A spirit of this kind,’ he said, ‘can be driven out only by prayer.’
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
In Context
28When Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, ‘Why couldn’t we drive it out?’
Cross References
Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first. So, too, will it be with this wicked generation.’
Acts 9:40But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, ‘Tabitha! Stand up.’ She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
1 Corinthians 9:27No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, so that I, who have called others to the contest, will not myself be rejected.
2 Corinthians 11:27I have been through toil and hardship. I have passed many a sleepless night; I have endured hunger and thirst; I have often been without food; I have known 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 →