The boy with a mute spirit
벙어리 귀신 들린 아이를 고치심
Mark 9:14–29: coming to the disciples, he sees a great multitude around them and scribes questioning them. One of the multitude says he has brought his son, who has a mute spirit, and the disciples were not able to cast it out. Jesus says, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.” They bring the boy to him, and when he sees him, immediately the spirit convulses him. The father says it has been so from childhood and has often cast him into the fire and into the water to destroy him, and asks for compassion and help if he can do anything. Jesus says, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes,” and the father cries out, “I believe. Help my unbelief!” Jesus rebukes the mute and deaf spirit and commands it to come out of him and never enter him again; crying out and convulsing him greatly, it comes out, and the boy becomes like one dead, but Jesus takes him by the hand and raises him up. In the house his disciples ask why they could not cast it out, and he says that this kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
Direct relationships 1
Open in the full graphCollected relationship evidence
Source-backed narrative relations; not independent historical verification. Legacy dates and coordinates are outside this review.
Collection & rightsSource evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- MRK 9:14–29, engwebp
14Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
15Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him.
16He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
17One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
18and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.”
19He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
20They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
21He asked his father, “How long has it been since this has been happening to him?” He said, “From childhood.
22Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
23Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
24Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”
25When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
26After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”
27But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up; and he arose.
28When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
29He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-24
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
All 1 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
-
Jesus — Took part in — The boy with a mute spirit
Evidence: Mark 9:14–29
Verses tagged with this entry
Names in the World English Bible text that carry this entry’s tag. They are carried over from the tags on the Korean Revised Version, which are matched by name inside chapters that already have collected evidence, and a verse where the English says “he” carries none. All await human review. They are a separate list from the source passages above. An empty list does not mean the entry is absent from the text.
No verse carries this tag yet.
Something looks wrong in this entry?
This prepares a report carrying the entry, what it currently says and what it cites, so a reviewer can act on it. Nothing leaves this page until you press Send; the operator alone reads what you send.
Write what looks wrong first; a report without it cannot be acted on.
This is exactly what gets copied or sent:
[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The boy with a mute spirit (event-mrk-9-boy-with-a-mute-spirit) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/mrk-9-boy-with-a-mute-spirit Current wording: Mark 9:14–29: coming to the disciples, he sees a great multitude around them and scribes questioning them. One of the multitude says he has brought his son, who has a mute spirit, and the disciples were not able to cast it out. Jesus says, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.” They bring the boy to him, and when he sees him, immediately the spirit convulses him. The father says it has been so from childhood and has often cast him into the fire and into the water to destroy him, and asks for compassion and help if he can do anything. Jesus says, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes,” and the father cries out, “I believe. Help my unbelief!” Jesus rebukes the mute and deaf spirit and commands it to come out of him and never enter him again; crying out and convulsing him greatly, it comes out, and the boy becomes like one dead, but Jesus takes him by the hand and raises him up. In the house his disciples ask why they could not cast it out, and he says that this kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting. Cited evidence: MRK 9:14–29, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.