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Version</a></span><br />He replied, &#8220This kind can come out only by prayer.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/mark/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “This kind can be cast out only by prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/mark/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/mark/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And He said to them, "This kind is able to go out by nothing except by prayer."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/mark/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/mark/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/mark/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/mark/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And He said to them, &#8220This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/mark/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/mark/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/mark/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He replied to them, “This kind [of unclean spirit] cannot come out by anything but prayer [to the Father].”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/mark/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he told them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/mark/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And He told them, &#8220This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/mark/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/mark/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered, "Only prayer can force out this kind of demon." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/mark/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/mark/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He told them, "This kind of spirit can be forced out only by prayer." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/mark/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Only prayer can drive this kind out," answered Jesus; "nothing else can." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/mark/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/mark/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer and fasting.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/mark/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/mark/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer and fasting."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/mark/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/mark/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/mark/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He said to them, “This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And He said to them, "This kind is able to go out by nothing except by prayer."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/mark/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/mark/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he said to them, This kind can go, out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/mark/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/mark/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he said to them, “This kind is able to be expelled by nothing other than prayer and fasting.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/mark/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He said to them, “This kind can only come out through prayer.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/mark/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He said to them, “This kind can come out only through prayer.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/mark/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He said to them, This kind cannot be cast out by anything, except by fasting and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />He said to them, “This sort cannot come out by anything except by fasting and by prayer.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/mark/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/mark/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And He said unto them, <FR>This kind is able to come out by nothing, but by prayer.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/mark/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And he said to them, this kind can be driven out by nothing but prayer and fasting.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/mark/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered, such a miracle is not effected but by prayer and fasting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/mark/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And He said to them, <FR>"This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer."<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/mark/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And He said unto them, <FR>This kind cannot be cast out, but by prayer and fasting.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/mark/9-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=2941" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/mark/9.htm">The Boy with an Evil Spirit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">Jesus answered,</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: Touto (DPro-NNS) -- This; he, she, it. ">“This</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1085.htm" title="1085: genos (N-NNS) -- Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; kin.">kind</a> <a href="/greek/1410.htm" title="1410: dynatai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.">cannot</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3762.htm" title="3762: oudeni (Adj-DNS) -- No one, none, nothing. "></a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: exelthein (V-ANA) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">come out,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">except</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by</a> <a href="/greek/4335.htm" title="4335: proseuchē (N-DFS) -- From proseuchomai; prayer; by implication, an oratory.">prayer.”</a> </span> <span class="reftext">30</span>Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-20.htm">Matthew 17:20-21</a></span><br />“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” / But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a></span><br />Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-21.htm">Matthew 21:21-22</a></span><br />“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. / If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-6.htm">Luke 17:6</a></span><br />And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">1 John 5:14-15</a></span><br />And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6-7</a></span><br />Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. / And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-18.htm">Ephesians 6:18</a></span><br />Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:17</a></span><br />Pray without ceasing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a></span><br />And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-13.htm">John 14:13-14</a></span><br />And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3</a></span><br />So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6</a></span><br />Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Psalm 35:13</a></span><br />Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.</p><p class="hdg">This.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-45.htm">Matthew 12:45</a></b></br> Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last <i>state</i> of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/11-26.htm">Luke 11:26</a></b></br> Then goeth he, and taketh <i>to him</i> seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last <i>state</i> of that man is worse than the first.</p><p class="hdg">by prayer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/17-20.htm">1 Kings 17:20-22</a></b></br> 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? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/4-33.htm">2 Kings 4:33,34</a></b></br> He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/17-21.htm">Matthew 17:21</a></b></br> Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.</p><p class="hdg">fasting.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3</a></b></br> And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a></b></br> And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/9-27.htm">1 Corinthians 9:27</a></b></br> But I keep under my body, and bring <i>it</i> into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/9-28.htm">Able</a> <a href="/matthew/17-21.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/mark/7-30.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/mark/9-8.htm">Except</a> <a href="/mark/8-3.htm">Fasting</a> <a href="/mark/9-28.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/mark/7-13.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/mark/6-46.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/mark/9-9.htm">Save</a> <a href="/mark/1-27.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/mark/9-28.htm">Spirit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/9-39.htm">Able</a> <a href="/mark/16-9.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/mark/9-38.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/mark/10-18.htm">Except</a> <a href="/luke/2-37.htm">Fasting</a> <a href="/mark/9-30.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/mark/13-1.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/mark/11-17.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/mark/10-18.htm">Save</a> <a href="/luke/1-29.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/mark/12-36.htm">Spirit</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-1.htm">Jesus is transfigured.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-11.htm">He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elijah;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-14.htm">casts forth a deaf and mute spirit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-30.htm">foretells his death and resurrection;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-33.htm">exhorts his disciples to humility;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-38.htm">bidding them not to prohibit such as are not against them, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-42.htm">nor to give offense to any of the faithful.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/mark/9.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>He answered</b><br />This phrase indicates Jesus' direct response to His disciples' inquiry. The Greek word used here is "apokrinomai," which means to reply or respond. This highlights Jesus' role as a teacher and guide, always ready to provide wisdom and clarity to those who seek understanding. In the context of <a href="/mark/9.htm">Mark 9</a>, Jesus is addressing the disciples' inability to cast out a demon, emphasizing the importance of spiritual preparedness and reliance on divine power.<p><b>This kind</b><br />The term "kind" refers to a specific category or type of demonic presence. The Greek word "genos" is used, which can mean race, family, or kind. This suggests that there are varying levels of spiritual opposition, each requiring different approaches. Historically, Jewish exorcism practices recognized different kinds of spirits, and Jesus acknowledges this understanding, pointing to the need for discernment in spiritual warfare.<p><b>can come out</b><br />The phrase "can come out" is derived from the Greek "exerchomai," meaning to go out or depart. This indicates the act of expelling or removing a demon from a person. The use of this phrase underscores the authority required to command such an exit, which is not inherent in human ability but is granted through divine empowerment.<p><b>only by prayer</b><br />The word "only" emphasizes exclusivity, indicating that prayer is the sole means by which this particular kind of demon can be expelled. The Greek word "proseuchē" for "prayer" signifies a deep, earnest communication with God. This highlights the necessity of a strong, personal relationship with God, characterized by faith and dependence on His power. In the broader scriptural context, prayer is consistently portrayed as a vital practice for believers, serving as a conduit for divine intervention and strength.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">But by prayer and fasting.</span>--The better MSS. omit the last two words. It is possible that they may have been added, like the "tears" of <a href="/mark/9-24.htm" title="And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help you my unbelief.">Mark 9:24</a>, to strengthen the words actually spoken, by bringing in what had been found to bring with it a new intensity of spiritual volition, and therefore of power to rescue human souls from the frenzy and despair into which they had been plunged by the unclean spirits that possessed them. A like addition of "fasting" to prayer, apparently from a like ascetic tendency, is found in <a href="/1_corinthians/7-5.htm" title="Defraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.">1Corinthians 7:5</a>, where see Note. In St. Matthew both words are found, but some of the most ancient MSS. omit the whole verse. On the whole, however, there is a balance of evidence in their favour; and, as shown in the Note on <a href="/matthew/17-21.htm" title="However, this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting.">Matthew 17:21</a>, what they teach is in harmony with other portions of the teaching both of our Lord and His Apostles.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/mark/9-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[Jesus] answered,</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶπεν</span> <span class="translit">(eipen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> </span><span class="str2">Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“This</span><br /><span class="grk">Τοῦτο</span> <span class="translit">(Touto)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">This; he, she, it. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">kind</span><br /><span class="grk">γένος</span> <span class="translit">(genos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1085.htm">Strong's 1085: </a> </span><span class="str2">Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; 'kin'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cannot</span><br /><span class="grk">δύναται</span> <span class="translit">(dynatai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1410.htm">Strong's 1410: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">come out,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξελθεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(exelthein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">except</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰ</span> <span class="translit">(ei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prayer.”</span><br /><span class="grk">προσευχῇ</span> <span class="translit">(proseuchē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4335.htm">Strong's 4335: </a> </span><span class="str2">From proseuchomai; prayer; by implication, an oratory.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/mark/9-29.htm">Mark 9:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/mark/9-29.htm">NT Gospels: Mark 9:29 He said to them This kind can (Mar Mk Mr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/mark/9-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 9:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 9:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/mark/9-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 9:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 9:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>