28After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"


In Context

25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the evil spirit. "You deaf and mute spirit," he said, "I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

26 The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He's dead."

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.

28 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"

29 He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer. "

30 They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were,

Mark 9:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly asked him: Why could not we cast him out?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How is it that we could not cast it out?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not we cast him out?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, saying, We could not cast it out.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, |Why couldn't we cast it out?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself — 'Why were we not able to cast it forth?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?