Mark 9:28

New American Bible - revised edition

When he entered the house, his disciples asked him in private, “Why could we not drive it out?”

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When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable.

Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private. The Calming of a Storm at Sea.

And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables.

Then Peter said to him in reply, “Explain [this] parable to us.”

Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

The disciples approached him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home.

He came home. Again [the] crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.

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

He said to them, “This kind can only come out through prayer.” The Second Prediction of the Passion.