Mark 9:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Eph 2:8 : 8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;
  • 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;
  • Luke 17:5 : 5 And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • 2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
  • Ps 126:5 : 5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
  • Jer 14:17 : 17 And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
  • Luke 7:38 : 38 And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.
  • Luke 7:44 : 44 And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.
  • Heb 12:17 : 17 For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.
  • Acts 10:19 : 19 And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

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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.

    22 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.

    23 And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

  • Mark 9:25-29
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    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 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.

  • John 9:38
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    38 And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.

  • John 9:35-36
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    35 It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

    36 He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.

  • Matt 17:14-19
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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?

  • Matt 9:28-29
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    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.

    29 Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

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    47 When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

    48 Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.

    49 The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.

    50 And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.

  • Mark 5:36
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    36 But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

  • Luke 8:50
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    50 But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

  • Matt 14:31
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    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?

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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.

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    25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

  • Mark 5:7
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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.

  • Luke 18:40-42
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    40 And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

    41 What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

    42 And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.

  • John 4:53
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    53 It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

  • Luke 18:38
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    38 And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

  • Mark 7:34
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    34 And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

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    51 And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

  • Matt 9:18
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    18 While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

  • Mark 10:47
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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.

  • Mark 5:23
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    23 And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

  • Matt 8:6
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    6 Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.