Mark 9:29
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.
Webster's Revision
And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
World English Bible
He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.
Clarke's Mark 9:29 Bible Commentary
Prayer and fasting - See on Matthew 17:21 (note).
This demon may be considered as an emblem of deeply rooted vices, and inveterate habits, over which the conquest is not generally obtained, but through extraordinary humiliations.
This case is related by both Matthew and Luke, but it is greatly amplified in Mark's account, and many new circumstances related. Another proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew.