Mark 9:29
He said to them, “This kind cannot be cast out except by prayer.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 came into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
30They went out from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know where they were,
Cross References
2 Kings 4:33So Elisha went in and shut the door on the child and himself and prayed to Yahweh.
Matthew 12:45Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all come in to live there. Then the final condition of that man becomes worse than the first. It will be just like that with this evil generation.”
Matthew 17:21+ 17:21 The best ancient copies omit v. 21, But this kind of demon does not go out except with prayer and fasting .
Acts 9:40Peter put them all out of the room, knelt down, and prayed; then, turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, arise.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.
1 Corinthians 9:27But I subdue my body and make it a slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself may not be disqualified.
2 Corinthians 11:27I have been at hard work and in hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often in fasting, 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 →