Mark 9:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so.”

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  • Acts 7:54 : 54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
  • 2 Kgs 4:29-31 : 29 Elisha told Gehazi,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child’s face.” 30 The mother of the child said,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back. 31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him,“The child did not wake up.”
  • Job 16:9 : 9 His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
  • Matt 15:22 : 22 A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”
  • Matt 17:16 : 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
  • Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 20 He told them,“It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”
  • Mark 9:20 : 20 So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
  • Mark 9:26 : 26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
  • Mark 9:28-29 : 28 Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 29 He told them,“This kind can come out only by prayer.”
  • Mark 11:23 : 23 I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain,‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
  • Luke 9:39-40 : 39 A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely. 40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”

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    38Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!

    39A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

    40I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”

    41Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”

    42As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  • Mark 9:19-22
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    19He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”

    20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

    21Jesus asked his father,“How long has this been happening to him?” And he said,“From childhood.

    22It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

  • Mark 9:16-17
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    16He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”

    17A member of the crowd said to him,“Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

  • Matt 17:14-19
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    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

    15and said,“Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

    16I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”

    17Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”

    18Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

    19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

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    25Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

    26It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”

    27But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.

    28Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

    29He told them,“This kind can come out only by prayer.”

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    3He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

    4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

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    25But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”

    26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

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    28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”

    29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

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    32As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.

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  • Luke 18:39
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    39And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

  • Mark 5:16
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    16Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

  • Mark 5:7-8
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    7Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”

    8(For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)

  • Mark 7:32-33
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    32They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

    33After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man’s ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.

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  • Mark 5:10
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    10He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

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    32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.

    33So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

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  • Mark 5:19
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    19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”

  • Mark 1:23
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    23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Mark 3:11
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    11And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,“You are the Son of God.”