Mark 9:28 (WEB)

Passage

When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Nearby Context

Mark 9:26 After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”

Mark 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.

Mark 9:28 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Mark 9:29 He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.”

Mark 9:30 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "house", "disciples", "asked", "privately", "couldn", 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 27's "But Jesus took him by the hand..." into verse 29's "He said to them This kind can...", 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.