Mark 9:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

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  • Matt 9:28 : 28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.
  • Matt 14:31 : 31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?
  • Matt 15:22-28 : 22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit. 23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us. 24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord. 26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. 27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
  • Matt 20:34 : 34 And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.
  • Mark 1:40-42 : 40 And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean. 41 And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean. 42 And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean.
  • Mark 5:19 : 19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.
  • Luke 7:13 : 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.
  • Matt 8:2 : 2 And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
  • Matt 8:8-9 : 8 And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well. 9 Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

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  • Mark 9:17-21
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    17 And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

    18 And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

    19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

    20 And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

    21 And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

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    14 And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

    15 Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

    16 And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

    17 And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.

    18 And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.

    19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?

  • Luke 9:38-42
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    38 And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

    39 And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.

    40 And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

    41 And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.

    42 And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.

  • Mark 9:23-29
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    23 And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

    24 Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

    25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

    26 And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

    27 But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

    28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

    29 And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

  • Luke 8:28-30
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    28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

    29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

    30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

  • Mark 5:3-5
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    3 He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

    4 Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

    5 And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

  • Mark 5:18-19
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    18 And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

    19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

  • Mark 5:7-8
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    7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

    8 For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

  • 10 And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

  • 22 Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25 And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

    26 And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

  • 35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

  • Matt 8:28-29
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    28 And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

    29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

  • 31 And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

  • 23 And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

  • 32 And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

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    47 And when it came to his ears that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he gave a cry, and said, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

    48 And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

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  • 39 And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.

  • Mark 1:40-41
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    69%

    40 And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

    41 And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.

  • 14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.