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Mark 9:28-30
New Catholic Bible
Mark 9:28-30
New Catholic Bible
28 When he went indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why were we not able to cast it out?” 29 He answered, “This kind cannot be driven out except by prayer [and by fasting].”[a]
30 Jesus Predicts His Passion a Second Time.[b] They proceeded from there and began to journey through Galilee, but Jesus did not want anyone to know about it
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- Mark 9:29 Other ancient manuscripts omit: “and by fasting.”
- Mark 9:30 Mark very effectively alternates the glorious and suffering aspects of the Messiah, following up the most spectacular exorcism in the Gospel with Jesus’ second prediction of his Passion. He also implies that the initiative for the death of the Servant (see Isa 53) belongs to God.
