Mark 9:29 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Mark 9:31 For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "kind", "come", "nothing", "except", "prayer", and "fasting". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "kind", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "When he had come into the house..." into verse 30's "They went out from there and passed...", so "said" and "kind" 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 "said" and "kind" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.