Mark 9:21 And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.
Mark 9:22 "It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!"
Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, "'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes."
Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief."
Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again."
Mark 9:26 After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!"
Mark 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up.
Mark 9:28 When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, "Why could we not drive it out?"
Mark 9:30 ¶ From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.
Mark 9:31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later."
Mark 9:32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
Mark 9:33 ¶ They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?"
Mark 9:34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.
Mark 9:35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
Mark 9:36 Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,
Mark 9:37 "Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me."
Mark 9:38 ¶ John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."
Mark 9:39 But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.
Mark 9:40 "For he who is not against us is for us.
Mark 9:41 "For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.