Mark 9:29

29 (9-28) And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Mark 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:29

And he said unto them
Matthew, besides the following reason, assigns another, as given by our Lord, why they could not cast out the foul spirit, which was their unbelief; of which they were guilty in some sort, as well as the Jews, and the father of the child; but Mark omits it, and only relates this as the reason;

this kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting;
which they had not observed; (See Gill on Matthew 17:21).

Mark 9:29 In-Context

27 (9-26) But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose.

28 (9-27) And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly asked him: Why could not we cast him out?

29 (9-28) And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

30 (9-29) And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not that any man should know it.

31 (9-30) And he taught his disciples and said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise again the third day.