KJV King James Version
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
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Mark 9:19
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”
WEB World English Bible
He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he answereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he answering him, said, ‘O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;’
Surrounding context — Mark 9
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 teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
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ὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἀποκριθεὶςG611 · apokrinōto answerαὐτοῖςG846 · autosit/s/heλέγει·G3004 · legōto sayὦG5599 · ōoh!γενεὰG1074 · geneagenerationἄπιστος,G571 · apistosunbelievingἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilπότεG4219 · potewhen?πρὸςG4314 · prosto/withὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouἔσομαι,G1510 · eimito beἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilπότεG4219 · potewhen?ἀνέξομαιG430 · anechōto endureὑμῶν;G4771 · suyouφέρετεG5342 · pherōto bear/leadαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heπρόςG4314 · prosto/withμε.G3165 · meme
Cross-references
Numbers 14:11And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?Numbers 14:27How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.Psalm 106:21-25They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.Mark 16:14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.Luke 24:25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:John 20:27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.Hebrews 3:10-12Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.Deuteronomy 32:20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.Psalm 78:22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:Numbers 32:13-14And the LORD’S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.Psalm 78:6-8That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:Numbers 14:22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;John 12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
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