Mark 9:28

Now when Jesus came into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

In Context

27But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up, and the boy arose.

29He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer and fasting.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do yoʋ speak to the people in parables?”

Matthew 15:15Then Peter said to him in response, “Explain this parable to us.”

Mark 4:10When he was alone with the twelve and the others who were around him, they asked him about the parable.

Mark 7:17After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into a house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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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