The Boy with an Evil Spirit
Mark 9:29
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”BYZ and TR prayer and fasting
- KJV
- And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- WEB
- He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”
- ASV
- And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.
- LSV
- And He said to them, “This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.”
- YLT
- And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'
- DBY
- And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
- DRC9:28
- And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- GNV
- And he saide vnto them, This kinde can by no other meanes come foorth, but by prayer and fasting.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ νηστείᾳ.¶ (“and with fastings”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: προσευχῇ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read προσευχῇ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add καὶ νηστείᾳ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ.
- RP2018
- Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν, εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν, εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ.
- SCR1894
- και ειπεν αυτοις τουτο το γενος εν ουδενι δυναται εξελθειν ει μη εν προσευχη και νηστεια
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Cross-references most cited first
- James 5:15And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
- Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- 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…
- Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- 2 Corinthians 12:8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
- 1 Kings 17:20–22Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?” Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried…
- Luke 11:26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
- Acts 9:40–41Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. Peter took her by the hand and helped her…
- Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
- 2 Kings 4:33–34So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD. Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the…
- 2 Corinthians 6:5in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 9:28 in some Bibles
- 9:29 in most Bibles