Mark 9:25 (DBY)

Passage

But Jesus, seeing that [the] crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

Nearby Context

Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is [if thou couldst] believe: all things are possible to him that believes.

Mark 9:24 And immediately the father of the young child crying out said [with tears], I believe, help mine unbelief.

Mark 9:25 But Jesus, seeing that [the] crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

Mark 9:26 And having cried out and torn [him] much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.

Mark 9:27 But Jesus, having taken hold of him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "jesus", "seeing", "crowd", "running", "together", "rebuked", and "unclean". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And immediately the father of the young..." into verse 26's "And having cried out and torn him...", so "Spirit" and "jesus" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.