Mark 9:29

"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

In Context

28After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, "How is it that we could not expel the spirit?"

30Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;

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Cross References

Matthew 12:45Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."

Matthew 17:21But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by prayer and fasting."

Acts 9:40Peter, however, putting every one out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise." Dorcas at once opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up.

1 Corinthians 9:27but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.

2 Corinthians 11:27with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.

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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