Mark 9:27-37

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up.

28 When He came ¹into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately *, "Why * could we not drive it out?"

29 And He said to them, "This kind cannot * come out by anything but prayer."

Death and Resurrection Foretold

30 ²From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.

31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, "³The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later."

32 But ⁴they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

33 ⁵They came to Capernaum; and when He was in ⁶the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

34 But they kept silent, for on the way ⁷they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "⁸If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."

36 Taking a child, He set him before * them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

37 "⁹Whoever * receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever * receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me."

Cross References

• 1. Mark 2:1; Mark 7:17
• 2. Mark 9:30-32: {Matthew 17:22, 23; Luke 9:43-45}
• 3. Matthew 16:21; Mark 8:31; Mark 9:12
• 4. Luke 2:50; Luke 9:45; Luke 18:34; John 12:16
• 5. Mark 9:33-37: {Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48}
• 6. Mark 3:19
• 7. Matthew 18:4; Mark 9:50; Luke 22:24
• 8. Matthew 20:26; Matthew 23:11; Mark 10:43, 44; Luke 22:26
• 9. Matthew 10:40; Luke 10:16; John 13:20

Footnotes

• [a] Or "betrayed"
• [b] Lit "were not knowing"
• [c] Lit "had come"
• [d] Or "let him be"
• [e] Lit "in their midst"
• [f] Lit "one of such children"