Mark 9:20–29

²⁰And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it ^oconvulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²²And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But ^pif you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” ²³And Jesus said to him, ^p“ ‘If you can’! ^qAll things are possible for one who believes.” ²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out⁴ and said, “I believe; ^rhelp my unbelief!” ²⁵And when Jesus saw that ^sa crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ^t“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” ²⁶And after crying out and ^oconvulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” ²⁷But Jesus ^utook him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. ²⁸And when he had ^ventered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁹And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”⁵