Mark 9:20–29

²⁰And they brought ¹the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around, foaming at the mouth.

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

²²“And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”

²³And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ ^aAll things are possible to him who believes.”

²⁴Immediately the boy’s father cried out and was saying, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”

²⁵Now when Jesus saw that ^aa crowd was ¹rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, ²I command you, come out of him and do not enter him ³again.”

²⁶And after crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!”

²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he stood up.

²⁸And when He came ^ainto the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”

²⁹And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”