And He saidto them, "Thiskindcannotcomeout by anythingbut prayer."
So I gavemy attentionto the LordGodto seek[Him by] prayerand supplications,with fasting,sackclothand ashes.
"Thenit goesand takes alongwith it sevenotherspiritsmore wickedthan itself,and they goin and livethere;and the laststate of that manbecomesworsethan the first.That is the wayit will alsobe with thisevilgeneration."
And He saidto them, "Becauseof the littleness of your faith;for trulyI sayto you, ifyou havefaiththe sizeof a mustardseed,you will sayto thismountain,'Movefrom hereto there,'and it will move;and nothingwill be impossibleto you.
["But thiskinddoes not goout exceptby prayerand fasting.]"
When He cameinto [the] house,His disciples[began] questioningHim privately,"Whycouldwe not driveit out?"
From therethey wentout and [began] to gothroughGalilee,and He did not wantanyoneto know[about it].
"Thenit goesand takes[along] sevenotherspiritsmore evilthan itself,and they goin and livethere;and the laststate of that manbecomesworsethan the first."
When they had appointedeldersfor them in everychurch,having prayedwith fasting,they commendedthem to the Lordin whomthey had believed.
but I disciplinemy bodyand make it my slave,so that, after I have preachedto others,I myselfwill not be disqualified.
[I have been] in laborand hardship,throughmanysleepless nights,in hungerand thirst,oftenwithout food,in coldand exposure.
ConcerningthisI imploredthe Lordthree timesthat it might leaveme.
in beatings,in imprisonments,in tumults,in labors,in sleeplessness,in hunger,
With allprayerand petitionprayat alltimesin the Spirit,and with thisin view,be on the alertwith allperseveranceand petitionfor allthe saints,
and the prayeroffered in faithwill restorethe one who is sick,and the Lordwill raisehim up, and ifhe has committedsins,they will be forgivenhim.
