amSee James 2:19
1 Samuel 14:37
37And Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?” aBut he did not answer him that day.1 Samuel 28:6
6And when Saul inquired of the Lord, bthe Lord did not answer him, either cby dreams, or dby Urim, or by prophets.Ezekiel 14:3
3 e“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set fthe stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. gShould I indeed let myself be consulted by them?Matthew 17:16-21
16And I brought him to your disciples, and hthey could not heal him.” 17And Jesus answered, “O faithless and itwisted generation, how long am I to be with you? jHow long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18And Jesus krebuked the demon, ▼▼Greek it
and it ▼▼Greek the demon
came out of him, and nthe boy was healed instantly. ▼▼Greek from that hour
19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20He said to them, p“Because of your little faith. For qtruly, I say to you, rif you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, syou will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and tnothing will be impossible for you.” ▼▼Some manuscripts insert verse 21: But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting
Mark 9:19-29
19And he answered them, “O vfaithless generation, whow long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” 20And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it xconvulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But yif you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23And Jesus said to him, z“‘If you can’! aaAll things are possible for one who believes.” 24Immediately the father of the child cried out ▼▼Some manuscripts add with tears
and said, “I believe; achelp my unbelief!” 25And when Jesus saw that ada crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ae“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 26And after crying out and afconvulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” 27But Jesus agtook him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28And when he had ahentered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.” ▼▼Some manuscripts add and fasting
Acts 19:13-17
13Then some of the itinerant Jewish ajexorcists akundertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, al“I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” 14Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15But the evil spirit answered them, am“Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” 16And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all ▼▼Or both
of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and aothe name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
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