Mark 9:18
and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and is wasting away. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17"Master," answered one of the crowd, "I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit in him;
Cross References
Matthew 8:12"but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 17:16"And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."
Mark 9:20So they brought the boy to him, and when he saw Jesus, the spirit at once convulsed him, and he fell to the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.
Mark 9:28When Jesus had gone into the house, his disciples asked him in private, "Why could not we cast it out?"
Luke 9:39"and behold a spirit seizes hold of him, and rudely he shouts out, It convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off bruising him sorely.
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 →