Mark 9:29 meaning and explanation
Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
Mark 9:29, Berean Standard Bible
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The disciples had just failed to cast a mute spirit out of a boy, and they ask Jesus privately why. His answer shifts attention from technique to dependence: this kind of evil yields only to prayer, meaning sustained appeal to God rather than a formula spoken over the sufferer.
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