Mark 9:29
He saith to them: This kind can come out, by nothing but fasting and prayer.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
In Context
28And when Jesus entered the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why could not we cast him out?
Cross References
Matthew 12:45So it goeth and taketh with it seven other spirits, worse than itself, and they enter and dwell in it; and the end of that man is worse than his beginning. So will it be to this evil generation.
Matthew 17:21But this kind goeth not out, except by fasting and prayer.
Acts 9:40And Simon put all the people out, and fell on his knees and prayed; and he turned to the corpse and said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Simon, she sat up.
1 Corinthians 9:27but I subdue my body, and reduce it to servitude; lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a reprobate.
2 Corinthians 11:27In toil and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much 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 →