Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Immediately the father of the boy cried out, "I do believe; help me to have more faith."
New American Standard Bible
Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”
King James Version
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Holman Bible
Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.”
International Standard Version
With tears flowing, the child's father at once cried out, "I do believe! Help my unbelief!"
A Conservative Version
And straightaway the father of the child having cried out, he said with tears, I believe. Lord, help thou my unbelief.
American Standard Version
Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Amplified
Immediately the father of the boy cried out [with a desperate, piercing cry], saying, “I do believe; help [me overcome] my unbelief.”
Anderson New Testament
And immediately the father of the child cried out, and with tears said: Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
Bible in Basic English
Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.
Common New Testament
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"
Daniel Mace New Testament
immediately the child's father cryed out with tears, I do believe, oh supply the defect of my faith.
Darby Translation
And immediately the father of the young child crying out said with tears, I believe, help mine unbelief.
Godbey New Testament
And immediately the father of the child crying out with tears, continued to say, I believe; assist thou my unbelief.
Goodspeed New Testament
The boy's father immediately cried out, "I have faith! Help my want of faith!"
John Wesley New Testament
And straightway the father of the child crying out, said with tears, Lord, I do believe: help thou mine unbelief.
Julia Smith Translation
And quickly the child's father having cried out with tears, said, I believe, O Lord, help thou mine unbelief.
King James 2000
And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Immediately the father of the child cried out [and] said, "I believe! Help my unbelief!"
Modern King James verseion
And immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And straightway the father of the child cried with tears, saying, "Lord I believe, help mine unbelief."
Moffatt New Testament
At once the father of the boy cried out, "I do believe; help my unbelief."
Montgomery New Testament
The boy's father with a cry said instantly. "I do believe; help my unbelief."
NET Bible
Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"
New Heart English Bible
Immediately the father of the child exclaimed, "I believe. Help my unbelief."
Noyes New Testament
The father of the child immediately cried out and said, I believe; help thou my unbelief.
Sawyer New Testament
And the father of the little child immediately crying out, said, I believe; help my unbelief.
The Emphasized Bible
Straightway crying out, the father of the child was saying - I have faith! help my, want, of faith.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And immediately the father of the child said with tears, I believe, Lord! help my unbelief!
Twentieth Century New Testament
The boy's father immediately cried out: "I have faith; help my want of faith!"
Webster
And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief.
Weymouth New Testament
Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith."
Williams New Testament
The boy's father at once cried out and said, "I do have faith; help my lack of faith!"
World English Bible
Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
Worrell New Testament
Straight-way the father of the child, crying out, said, "I believe; help Thou my unbelief!"
Worsley New Testament
And the father of the child immediately cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief.
Youngs Literal Translation
and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, 'I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'
Themes
Afflictions, Prayer During » For increase of faith
Children » Death of, as a judgment upon parents » Miracles in behalf of » Healing of
Faith » Trial of » The disciples » Inability » Cast out » Evil spirit
Family » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
Home » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
intercession » Additional instances of » Parents, for their epileptic son
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » The epileptic boy healed
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a demoniac (near caesarea philippi)
Love » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
Miracles » Faith required in » Those for whom they were performed
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the epileptic boy
Miracles » Faith required in those for whom they were performed
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Father of the demoniac
Paternal love » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Mark 9:24
Devotionals containing Mark 9:24
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 9:24
Prayers for Mark 9:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Demon-Possessed Boy Healed
23 And Jesus said to him, "'If you can.' [Note: By repeating the man's words Jesus seems to be saying, "You mean, if YOU can believe"]. Everything is possible to the person who believes [it can happen]." 24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out, "I do believe; help me to have more faith." 25 When Jesus saw a crowd running together [toward Him], He spoke sternly to the evil spirit [in the boy], saying to it, "You deaf-mute spirit, I order you to come out of this boy and to never return to him again."
Names
Cross References
Luke 17:5
Then the apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith."
Ephesians 2:8
For you have been saved by God's unearned favor, through [your] faith, and that [salvation] was not the result of your own doing; it was the gift from God.
Luke 7:38
and stood behind Jesus, at His feet, crying. She began wetting His feet with her tears and wiping them dry with the hair of her head. Then she kissed His feet and poured the perfume on them.
Luke 7:44
Then Jesus turned to the woman [who had just poured the perfume on Him] and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house and you did not give me any water for [washing] my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them dry with her hair.
Acts 10:19
While Peter was thinking about [the meaning of] the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, "Look, there are three men [here] looking for you.
Acts 10:31
He said to me, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and God has taken account of your giving money to poor people.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For I wrote to you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not in order to grieve you, but that you people might know how very much I love you.
Philippians 1:29
Because God has granted you [the privilege], on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to thank God for you always, brothers, since it is proper, because your faith is growing so much and the love that every one of you has for each other is increasing more and more.
2 Thessalonians 1:11
This is why we always pray for you also, so that our God will consider you worthy to be [i.e., to have been] called [into the kingdom] by Him, and will fulfill, by His power, every good purpose [or, "desire for goodness"] of yours and every act produced by [your] faith.
2 Timothy 1:4
Remembering how you cried [Note: This was probably when Paul and Timothy last parted], I long to see you [again], so that I can be filled with joy.
Hebrews 5:7
During His life on earth Jesus offered up prayers and special requests with loud crying and tears to God, who was able to save Him from dying, and He was heard because of His [earnest] devotion [to God].
Hebrews 12:2
We should fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and completer of the [or, "our"] faith. [Note: Jesus is here pictured as the one who completely fulfills the life of faith, or who provides us with the ability to live such a life]. [And] because He could look forward to joy, He endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right side of God's throne.
Hebrews 12:17
For you recall how, even after he [later] wanted to inherit the blessing, Esau was rejected [by his father Isaac. See Gen. 37:35-40]. For he was not able to get his father to change his mind, even though he tearfully begged him [or, "he was not able to change the situation, even though he shed tears over his loss"].