KJV King James Version
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 9:29
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
WEB World English Bible
He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he said to them, ‘This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.’
Surrounding context — Mark 9
26 And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know [it].
31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heτοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoγένοςG1085 · genosfamily: descendantἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongοὐδενὶG3762 · oudeisnoneδύναταιG1410 · dunamaibe ableἐξελθεῖνG1831 · exerchomaito go outεἰG1487 · eiifμὴG3361 · mēnotἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongπροσευχῇG4335 · proseuchēprayer
Cross-references
James 5:15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.Daniel 9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.Ephesians 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;2 Corinthians 12:8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.2 Corinthians 11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.1 Kings 17:20-22And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?Luke 11:26Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first.1 Corinthians 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.Acts 14:23And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.Acts 9:40-41But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning [him] to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.2 Kings 4:33-34He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.2 Corinthians 6:5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
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