New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Mark 9:28
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After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
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And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
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When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, [How is it] that we could not cast it out?
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And [on] His having entered into [the] house, His disciples were questioning Him by Himself, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”
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Mark 9
26 After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.
28 After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
29 Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
30 Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,
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