Mark 9:28

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And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

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And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us."

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."

Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.

Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.

But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."[5]