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Mark 9

Mark 9:25

The Boy with an Evil Spirit · Mark 9:14–29
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Translations

Modern
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
Traditional
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Literal
And Jesus, having seen that a crowd is running together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and no more may you enter into him.”
Latin
Et cum videret Jesus concurrentem turbam, comminatus est spiritui immundo, dicens illi: Surde et mute spiritus, ego præcipio tibi, exi ab eo: et amplius ne introëas in eum.

Original

Greek
English
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”

Notes

Mark 9:25

  • The crowd was approaching, so Jesus quickly drove out the demon.

  • The I in the command to the demon is emphatic and highlights Jesus’s authority and power.

  • never enter him again: Sometimes driving out demons did not stop them from coming back (see Matthew 12:43–45; Luke 11:24–26).

Mark 9:14–29

This is the fourth and final time Jesus drives out demons in Mark's Gospel (1:21–28; 5:1–20; 7:24–30). The disciples could not drive out the demon, so Jesus performed the exorcism. This emphasizes the need for faith (see 2:5; 5:34; 10:52). This is another example of the great healing ability of Jesus and of the failure of the disciples (8:32–33; 9:5–7).

Events

Parallels

Matthew 17:14–18 Luke 9:37–42

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Deaf, Deafness Demon Demon-Possession Epilepsy, Epileptic Mark, Gospel of Muteness Son of Man

Topics

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents: Healing of Deaf and Dumb Demons Deafness: Miraculous Cure of Demons: The Epileptic Boy Doubting: Exemplified Faith: Trial of by Their Inability to Cast out the Evil Spirit from the Epileptic Boy Intercession: Additional Instances of Parents, for Their Epileptic Son Jesus, the Christ: Heals a Demoniac (Near Caesarea Philippi) Jesus, the Christ: Miracles of The Epileptic Boy Healed Miracles of Jesus, in Chronological Order: Heals the Epileptic Boy Mute) Dumb (Deafness: Miraculous Healing of, by Jesus