Mark 9:28

Plain English Version

After that, Jesus and his followers went into a house, and his followers asked him quietly, “Why couldn’t we force the bad spirit out of that boy?”

Cross References

Matthew 13:36

Then Jesus went into a house, away from all the people. And his followers went to him and said, “Please tell us what that story means, that picture story about the rubbish plants and the garden.”

Mark 2:1

Some time later, Jesus went back to the town called Capernium. The people heard that Jesus was at a house there,

Mark 3:20

Jesus went into a house, and a big mob of people came there to see him. They were a really big mob of people, so Jesus and his followers were really busy, and they couldn’t even stop and eat some food.

Mark 4:10

Some time later, Jesus came away from that big mob of people. Then just his 12 special workers and a few other people sat around him. They said to him, “You tell us picture stories, but we can’t understand them. What are your stories all about?”

Mark 4:34

Whenever he talked to all the people, he used picture stories. But later, when Jesus was sitting down with only his followers, he told them what those stories really mean.

Mark 7:17

After that, Jesus stopped talking to all the people, and he went into the house to take a break. His followers went in with him, and they asked him what he meant by the words he just told the people.

Mark 9:27

But Jesus grabbed the boy’s hand and helped him stand up. Then the boy’s father took him home.

Mark 9:29

Jesus told them, “The only way you can force that sort of bad spirit out of somebody is to pray to God, and get him to force it out.”