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Mark 9:28

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After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

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The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”

Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”

A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.

Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.

When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.

He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.

He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”