Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Mark 9:28 - English Standard Version 2016 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when He had gone indoors, His disciples asked Him privately, Why could not we drive it out? American Standard Version (1901) And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How is it that we could not cast it out? Common English Bible After Jesus went into a house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we throw this spirit out?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them, "This kind is able to be expelled by nothing other than prayer and fasting." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. |
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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.”
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.
And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”