The Boy with an Evil Spirit
Luke 9:40
In 9 translations
- BSB
- I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
- KJV
- And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
- WEB
- I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”
- ASV
- And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.
- LSV
- and I implored Your disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.”
- YLT
- and I besought thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.'
- DBY
- And I besought thy disciples that they might cast him out, and they could not.
- DRC
- And I desired thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not.
- GNV
- Nowe I haue besought thy disciples to cast him out, but they could not.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἐκβάλωσιν (“they may cast out”); Textus Receptus read ἐκβάλλωσιν (“they may cast out”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐδεήθην τῶν μαθητῶν σου ἵνα ἐκβάλωσιν αὐτό, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐδεήθην τῶν μαθητῶν σου ἵνα ἐκβάλωσιν αὐτό, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐδεήθην τῶν μαθητῶν σου ἵνα ἐκβάλλωσιν αὐτό, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν.
- SCR1894
- και εδεηθην των μαθητων σου ινα εκβαλλωσιν αυτο και ουκ ηδυνηθησαν
Who and where
◆ Healing a Boy with a Demon
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 9:1Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.
- Acts 19:13–16Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.” Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish…
- Luke 10:17–19The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.” So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and…
- Matthew 17:20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be…
- 2 Kings 4:31Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
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