Mark 9:28
And when Jesus entered the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why could not we cast him out?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
27And Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up.
29He saith to them: This kind can come out, by nothing but fasting and prayer.
Cross References
Matthew 13:10And his disciples came and said to him, Why discoursest thou to them in similitudes?
Matthew 15:15And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.
Mark 7:17And when Jesus had entered the house, apart from the multitude, his disciples asked him about this similitude.
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 →