Mark 9:29

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
said	εἶπεν eipen	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτοῖς· autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
This	τοῦτο toûto	G5124	that thing
kind	γένος genos	G1085	"kin" (abstract or concrete · noun — nominative singular neuter
can	δύναται dunatai	G1410	to be able or possible · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
come forth	ἐξελθεῖν exelthein	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active infinitive
by	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
nothing	οὐδενὶ oudeni	G3762	not even one (man · adjective — dative singular neuter
but	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
by	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
prayer	προσευχῇ proseuchēa	G4335	prayer (worship) · noun — dative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
fasting	νηστείᾳ.¶ nēsteia	G3521	abstinence (from lack of food · noun — dative singular feminine

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Cross-references

James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Daniel 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unt…
Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
2 Corinthians 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
2 Corinthians 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
1 Kings 17:20-22 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
Luke 11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of tha…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:14-29

We have here the story of Christ casting the devil out of a child, somewhat more fully related than it was in Mat 17:14, etc. Observe here, I. Christ's return to his disciples, and the perplexity he found them in. He laid aside his robes of glory, and came to look after his family, and to enquire what was become of them. Christ's glory above does not make him forget the concerns of his church below, which he visits in great humility, Mat 17:14. And he came very seasonably, when the disciples were embarrassed and run a-ground; the scribes, who were sworn enemies both to him and them, had gained an advantage against them. A child possessed with a devil was brought to them, and they could not c…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 9:29

Prayer and fasting - See on Mat 17:21 (note). This demon may be considered as an emblem of deeply rooted vices, and inveterate habits, over which the conquest is not generally obtained, but through extraordinary humiliations. This case is related by both Matthew and Luke, but it is greatly amplified in Mark's account, and many new circumstances related. Another proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew.

John Gill on Mark 9:29

And he said unto them,.... Matthew, besides the following reason, assigns another, as given by our Lord, why they could not cast out the foul spirit, which was their unbelief; of which they were guilty in some sort, as well as the Jews, and the father of the child; but Mark omits it, and only relates this as the reason; this kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting; which they had not observed; See Gill on Matthew 17:21.

John Calvin on Mark 9:28-29

Mark 9:28-29 Matthew 17:19-21 Mark 9:28-29 Luke 17:5-6 19. Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said, Why could not we cast it out? 20. And Jesus said to them, On account of your unbelief; for verily I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain. Remove thou hence, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. 21. But this kind [490] goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 28. And when he had entered into the house, his disciples asked him apart, Why could not we cast out? 29. And he said to them, This kind [491] cannot go out in any other way than by prayer and fasting. 5. And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase ou…

The Church Fathers

The Lord himself consecrated his baptism by a forty days' fast, and taught us that the more violent devils cannot be overcome except by prayer and fasting.
— Jerome, Against Jovinianus 2.15

Or else, the folly which is connected with the softness of the flesh, is healed by fasting; anger and laziness are healed by prayer. Each wound has its own medicine, which must be applied to it; that which is used for the heel will not cure the eye; by fasting, the passions of the body, by prayer, the plagues of the soul, are healed.
— Pseudo-Jerome ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Thereafter He prescribed to fasts a law-that they are to be performed "without sadness: " for why should what is salutary be sad? He taught likewise that fasts are to be the weapons for battling with the more direful demons: for what wonder if the same operation is the instrument of the iniquitous spirit's egress as of the Holy Spirit's ingress? Finally, granting that upon the centurion Cornelius, even before baptism, the honourable gift of the Holy Spirit, together with the gift of prophecy besides, had hastened to descend, we see that his fasts had been heard, I think, moreover, that the apostle too, in the Second of Corinthians, among his labours, and perils, and hardships, after "hunger and thirst," enumerates "fasts" also "very many"
— Tertullian, On Fasting

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Dictionary and topics

New Testament — (Luke 22:20), rather “New Covenant,” in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded. “The covenant of grace is called new; it succeeds to the old broken covenant of works. It is ever…
Demons · Disciples could not expel — Disciples could not expel
Doubting · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:14-29

Adam Clarke on Mark 9:29

John Gill on Mark 9:29

John Calvin on Mark 9:28-29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:14-29

Adam Clarke on Mark 9:29

John Gill on Mark 9:29

John Calvin on Mark 9:28-29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 9:28-29