Mark 9:27 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Mark 9:25 And crying out and greatly tearing him, he went our of him. And he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead.

Mark 9:26 But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose.

Mark 9:27 And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly asked him: Why could not we cast him out?

Mark 9:28 And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Mark 9:29 And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not that any man should know it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "house", "disciples", "secretly", "asked", and "cast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "But Jesus taking him by the hand..." into verse 28's "And he said to them This kind...", so "come" and "house" 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 "come" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.