Mark 9:23 (YLT)

Passage

And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'

Nearby Context

Mark 9:21 And he questioned his father, `How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, `From childhood,

Mark 9:22 and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.'

Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'

Mark 9:24 and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, `I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'

Mark 9:25 Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit--dumb and deaf--I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "jesus", "said", "thou", "able", "believe", "possible", and "believing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "and many times also it cast him..." into verse 24's "and immediately the father of the child...", so "all things" 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 "all things" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.