Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
He answered them, "This kind [of spirit] cannot be driven out except by praying."
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them,
King James Version
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Holman Bible
And He told them,
International Standard Version
He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting."
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.
Amplified
He replied to them,
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.
Common New Testament
And he said to them, "This kind can only come out by prayer."
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus answered, such a miracle is not effected but by prayer and fasting.
Darby Translation
And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
Godbey New Testament
And He said unto them, This kind is able to come out by nothing, but by prayer.
Goodspeed New Testament
He said to them, "This kind of thing can be driven out only by prayer."
John Wesley New Testament
And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
Julia Smith Translation
And he said to them, This kind can go, out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer."
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer and fasting.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto them, "This kind can by no other means come forth, but by prayer and fasting."
Moffatt New Testament
He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."
Montgomery New Testament
"This kind can only be cast out by prayer," he replied.
NET Bible
He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer."
New Heart English Bible
And he said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."
Noyes New Testament
And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing, except by prayer.
Sawyer New Testament
And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but prayer.
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them - This kind, by nothing, can come out, save, by prayer.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he said to them, this kind can be driven out by nothing but prayer and fasting.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"A spirit of this kind," he said, "can be driven out only by prayer."
Webster
And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Weymouth New Testament
"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."
Williams New Testament
He answered them, "This sort of thing can be driven out only by prayer."
World English Bible
He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."
Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer."
Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, This kind cannot be cast out, but by prayer and fasting.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'
Themes
Demons » Disciples could not expel
Faith » Trial of » The disciples » Inability » Cast out » Evil spirit
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » The epileptic boy healed
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a demoniac (near caesarea philippi)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the epileptic boy
Topics
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 9:29
Images Mark 9:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Demon-Possessed Boy Healed
28 And when Jesus had come into a house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could we not drive out the evil spirit [from that boy]?" 29 He answered them, "This kind [of spirit] cannot be driven out except by praying." 30 So, they left there and traveled through Galilee, but Jesus did not want anyone to know about it.
Cross References
Matthew 12:45
Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, more evil than itself, and they reenter [the body] and [begin to] live there, so that the latter state of that person becomes worse than the former [state]. It will be the same way with the people of this evil generation."
Matthew 17:20
He answered them, "[It was] because you had such little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to that place over there' and it would move. And nothing will be impossible for you [to do]." {[{[Some manuscripts contain the following verse:
Luke 11:26
Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, more evil than itself, and they reenter [the body] and [begin] to live there, so that the latter state of that person becomes worse than the former state."
Acts 9:40-41
Then Peter asked them all to leave [the room]; he knelt down and prayed over her body, saying, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Acts 14:23
And when Paul and Barnabas had appointed elders [for the churches] in every congregation and had prayed and fasted [over these elders], they committed them to [the care of] the Lord, in whom they had come to trust.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I work out and get my body in shape [i.e., spiritually], so that after preaching to other people, I myself do not become disqualified [i.e., for winning the prize from God. See verse 24].
2 Corinthians 6:5
[We have been] beaten, jailed, and mobbed. [We have] worked hard, missed sleep and gone without food.
2 Corinthians 11:27
I have worked and suffered. I have often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, often gone without food [i.e., for spiritual reasons], been cold and had inadequate clothing.
2 Corinthians 12:8
I pled with the Lord about this matter three times, that He would remove this problem from me.
Ephesians 6:18
[Then] offer all kinds of prayers and requests in [harmony with] the Holy Spirit at all times, and be alert constantly in making requests for all the saints [i.e., God's holy people].
James 5:15
And if their prayer is [offered] by faith, [God] will heal the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up [from his sickbed]. And if he had sinned, he will be forgiven for them [Note: This may imply that the man's sickness was the result of some sin. In any event, his forgiveness would follow his repentance].