Mark 9:21
Jesus asked his father,“How long has this been happening to him?” And he said,“From childhood.
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- Acts 9:33 : 33 He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.
- Acts 14:8 : 8 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
- Job 5:7 : 7 but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
- Job 14:1 : 1 The Brevity of Life“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
- Ps 51:5 : 5 Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
- Mark 5:25 : 25 Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.
- Luke 8:43 : 43 Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.
- Luke 13:16 : 16 Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?”
- John 5:5-6 : 5 Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him,“Do you want to become well?”
- John 9:1 : 1 Healing a Man Born Blind Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
- John 9:20-21 : 20 So his parents replied,“We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself.”
- Acts 3:2 : 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called“the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.
- Acts 4:22 : 22 For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.
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22 It 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.”
23 Then Jesus said to him,“‘If you are able?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.”
24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said,“I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 Now 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.”
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!”
27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
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 9:16-205 verses83%
16 He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”
17 A member of the crowd said to him,“Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.
18 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.”
19 He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”
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.
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38 Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!
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.”
41 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”
42 As 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.
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14 The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
15 and 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.
16 I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
17 Jesus 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.”
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
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25 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”
26 After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
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27 As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.
28 When 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!”
29 For 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.)
30 Jesus then asked him,“What is your name?” He said,“Legion,” because many demons had entered him.
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3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
4 For 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.
5 Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
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21 But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself.”
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40 So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,
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7 Then 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!”
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19 They asked the parents,“Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
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14 Jesus and Beelzebul Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.
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23 For this reason his parents said,“He is a mature adult, ask him.”)
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35 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.
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22 Jesus and Beelzebul Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.
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52 So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him,“Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon the fever left him.”
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23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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32 They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.
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21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”
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32 As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.
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29 They cried out,“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
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11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,“You are the Son of God.”
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16 Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
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10 He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.