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


In Context

37 And it came to pass on the next day, they having come down from the mount, there met him a great multitude,

38 and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, 'Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;

39 and lo, a spirit doth take him, and suddenly he doth cry out, and it teareth him, with foaming, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him,

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

41 And Jesus answering said, 'O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'

42 and as he is yet coming near, the demon rent him, and tore him sore, and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the youth, 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:40I begged your disciples to drive it out, but 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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