Mark 9:14-29
New American Standard Bible
All Things Possible
14 (A)And when they came back to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15 Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were (B)amazed and began running up to greet Him. 16 And He asked them, “What are you disputing with them?” 17 And one person from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, because he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; 18 and [a]whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. And I told Your disciples so that they would cast it out, but they could not do it.” 19 And He answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” 20 And they brought [b]the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. 21 And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” 23 But Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ (C)All things are possible for the one who believes.” 24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” 25 When Jesus saw that (D)a crowd was [c]rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I [d]command you, come out of him and do not enter him [e]again!” 26 And after crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him, and he got up. 28 When He came (E)into the house, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why is it that we could not cast it out?” 29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer.”
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Mark 9:14-29
Lexham English Bible
A Demon-possessed Boy Healed
14 And when they[a] came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately the whole crowd, when they[b] saw him, were amazed, and ran up to him[c] and[d] greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17 And one individual from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought to you my son who has a spirit that makes him mute.[e] 18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth and grinds his[f] teeth and becomes paralyzed. And I told your disciples that they should expel it, and they were not able to do so.[g] 19 And he answered them and[h] said, “O unbelieving generation! How long[i] will I be with you? How long[j] must I put up with you? Bring him to me!” 20 And they brought him to him. And when he[k] saw him, the spirit immediately convulsed him, and falling on the ground, he began to roll around, foaming at the mouth. 21 And he asked his father how long it was since this had been happening to him. And he said, “From childhood. 22 And often it has thrown him both into fire and into water, in order that it could destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and[l] help us!” 23 But Jesus said to him, “If you are able! All things are possible for the one who believes!” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and[m] said, “I believe! Help my unbelief!” 25 Now when[n] Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more!” 26 And it came out, screaming and convulsing him[o] greatly, and he became as if he were dead, so that most of them said, “He has died!” 27 But Jesus took hold of his hand and[p] raised him up, and he stood up. 28 And after[q] he had entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why were we not able to expel it?” 29 And he said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer.”[r]
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- Mark 9:14 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 9:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 9:15 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 9:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“ran up to”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 9:17 Literally “a mute spirit”
- Mark 9:18 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Mark 9:18 *The words “to do so” are not in the Greek text but are implied
- Mark 9:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 9:19 Literally “until when”
- Mark 9:19 Literally “until when”
- Mark 9:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 9:22 Here “and” is supplied and the following participle (“have compassion”) has been translated as a finite verb and placed before the verb “help” in keeping with English style
- Mark 9:24 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“cried out”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 9:25 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 9:26 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 9:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took hold of”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 9:28 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had entered”)
- Mark 9:29 Some manuscripts add “and fasting”
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