Mar 9:24-26 | NETfull | STEP | Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

Mark 9:24-26

24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked ^{▼▼ Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).} the unclean spirit, ^{▼▼ Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.} saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy ^{▼▼ Grk “he”; the referent (the boy) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.} looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!”