Mark 9:24 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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;'

Mark 9:26 and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "immediately", "father", "child", "having", "cried", "tears", "said", and "believe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "immediately" and "father", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And Jesus said to him If thou..." into verse 25's "Jesus having seen that a multitude doth...", so "immediately" and "father" 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 "immediately" and "father" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.