Mark 9:19-29

19 And he answered them, "O ¹faithless generation, ²how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it ³convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

21 And Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

22 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But ⁴if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

23 And Jesus said to him, ⁵"'If you can'! ⁶All things are possible for one who believes."

24 Immediately the father of the child cried out^[a] and said, "I believe; ⁷help my unbelief!"

25 And when Jesus saw that ⁸a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ⁹"You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

26 And after crying out and ¹⁰convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead."

27 But Jesus ¹¹took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

28 And when he had ¹²entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

29 And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."^[b]

Cross References

• 1. [John 14:9; John 20:27]
• 2. [John 14:9; John 20:27]
• 3. Mark 1:26
• 4. [Mark 1:40; Matthew 9:28]
• 5. [See ver. 22 above]
• 6. [Mark 6:5, 6; Matthew 17:20]
• 7. [Luke 17:5]
• 8. ver. 15
• 9. ver. 17
• 10. [See ver. 20 above]
• 11. See Mark 1:31
• 12. Mark 7:17

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts add with tears
• [b]. Some manuscripts add and fasting