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Mark - ch 9 v 21 - 40
- And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.
- And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.
- And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.
- Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.
- And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.
- And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.
- But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.
- And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?
- And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.
- And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;
- For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.
- But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.
- And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?
- But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.
- And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.
- And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
- Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.
- John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.
- But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.
- He who is not against us is for us.
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