40I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not."


In Context

37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.

38 A man in the crowd called out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him.

40 I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not."

41 "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here."

42 Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

Luke 9:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:40And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:40And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:40And I desired thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:40And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:40And I besought thy disciples that they might cast him out, and they could not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:40And I besought thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:40I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:40and I besought thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:40And I sought your disciples to cast him out; and they could not.