The disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Mark 9:28 - Y'all Version Bible When he came into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we 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. |
The disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Then Jesus left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
When he returned to Capernaum after several days, people heard that he was home.
Then he came into a house, and a crowd gathered again, so that they could not so much as eat.
When he was alone, those around him and the twelve asked him about the parables.
He didn’t speak to them without a parable; but privately he explained everything to his own disciples.
When he had entered the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.