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

³ Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^(A)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And ^(A)if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

²⁰ He said to them, ^(A)“Because of your little faith. For ^(B)truly, I say to you, ^(C)if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, ^(D)you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and ^(E)nothing will be impossible for you.”^[a]

¹⁸ praying ^(A)at all times ^(B)in the Spirit, ^(C)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, ^(D)keep alert with all perseverance, making ^(E)supplication for all the saints,

^8 (A)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.

^27 (A)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^(B)in hunger and thirst, often without food,^[a] in cold and exposure.

²⁶ Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And ^(A)the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

²⁷ But I discipline my body and ^(A)keep it under control,^[a] lest after preaching to others ^(B)I myself should be ^(C)disqualified.