Mark 9:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he answered, “Since he was a small child.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And [Jesus] asked his father, How long has he had this? And he answered, From the time he was a little boy.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.

Common English Bible

Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been going on?” He said, “Since he was a child.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And often it casts him into fire or into water, in order to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, help us and take pity on us."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compassion on us.

Mark 9:21 Cross References

Mark 5:25

Then a woman, who had been bleeding for twelve years, came to Him.

Mark 9:20

Then they [i.e., some people from the crowd] brought the sick boy to Jesus, and when the spirit saw Him, it immediately caused the boy to have convulsions and to fall to the ground and roll around, foaming at the mouth.

Mark 9:22

And frequently the evil spirit has tried to kill him, throwing him into a fire or into the water. But if you can do anything [for him], have pity on us and help us.”

Luke 13:16

So, should not this woman, being a daughter [i.e., descendant] of Abraham, whom Satan has bound [with this disease] for eighteen years, have been released from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 8:43

Then a woman, who had been bleeding for twelve years, and who had spent all her income on doctors without being healed by any of them,

John 9:1

As Jesus was walking along He saw a man [who had been] blind from birth.

Acts 14:8

At Lystra they met a certain man sitting [on the street] who had a crippling handicap in his feet which he had suffered since birth. [It was so severe] he was never able to walk.

Acts 3:2

[On their way] they met a certain man who had been crippled from birth. Every day he had been carried [by friends] and placed at the “Beautiful Gate” [as it was called] of the Temple [enclosure] where he begged for money from those entering the Temple.

Acts 4:22

Now the man who was healed was over forty years old.

Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas who had been [confined to his] bed, paralyzed for eight years.