Mark 9:21

Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?"

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

In Context

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.

22"From childhood," he answered; "and often it has thrown him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."

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Cross References

Mark 5:25Now there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

Luke 13:16"and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?"

John 9:1Now as he was passing along he saw a man, blind from birth.

Acts 3:2when a man lame from his birth was carried along, who was wont to be laid each day near the gate of the Temple called the Beautiful Gate, to ask alms of those who were going into the Temple.

Acts 9:33Here he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, a paralytic.

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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