King James Version

Mark 9:29

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and with fastings” (καὶ νηστείᾳ.) after prayer here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).he saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΤοῦτοtoutoThisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “This”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.Thisτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γένοςgenoskindγένοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “kind”, the subject formG1085offspring, family, race, nation, kind.This verse uses “kind”.kindἐνenbyἐνpreposition — “by”G1722in, on, among.byοὐδενὶoudeninothingοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the to- or for-formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingδύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἐξελθεῖνexeltheinto go outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to go out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.This verse uses “go out”.εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἐνenbyἐνpreposition — “by”G1722in, on, among.byπροσευχῇproseuchēprayerπροσευχήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “prayer”, the to- or for-formG4335(a) prayer (to God), (b) a place for prayer (used by Jews, perhaps where there was no synagogue).This verse uses “prayer”.prayer

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.νηστείᾳnēsteiafastingνηστείαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “fasting”, the to- or for-formG3521fasting, the day of atonement.This verse uses “fasting”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'

World English Bible

He said to them, “ This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”

Darby Translation

And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.

Douay-Rheims

And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee, and he would not that any man should know it.

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