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He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."
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Powerless Without Prayer
Commentators agree that the disciples' failure stemmed from a lack of prayer. They had begun to take their God-given authority for granted, relying on what they thought was their own inherent power. As one scholar puts it, they were 'powerless because they were prayerless,' a crucial lesson for any believer facing a spiritual challenge.
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Save by prayer (ε μη εν προσευχη). The addition of "and of fasting" does not appear in the two best Greek manuscripts (Aleph and B…
19th Century
Anglican
But by prayer and fasting.—The better manuscripts omit the last two words. It is possible that they may have been added, …
Baptist
If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, …
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Mark answers why the nine disciples were powerless to act in behalf of this boy. In private they asked Jesus about their failure, especially since …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said unto them Matthew, besides the following reason, assigns another, as given by our Lord, why they could n…
Presbyterian
The father of the suffering youth reflected on the lack of power in the disciples, but Christ would have him attribute the disappointment to the la…
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