Luke 9:40 “I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.””

Luke 9:40

I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

World English Bible

I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”

American Standard Version

And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe I haue besought thy disciples to cast him out, but they could not.

Darby Translation

And I besought thy disciples that they might cast him out, and they could not.

Young's Literal Translation

and I besought thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.'

Bible in Basic English

And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

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Cross references

“and they”

Luke 9:1 Acts 19:13–16 Luke 10:17–19 2 Kings 4:31 Matthew 17:20 Matthew 17:21

Luke 9:1 · BSB

Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.

Acts 19:13–16 · BSB

Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

Luke 10:17–19 · BSB

The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

2 Kings 4:31 · BSB

Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

Matthew 17:20 · BSB

“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.

41“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

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