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Mark 9:17–20

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And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
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From verse 17

  1. Luke 11:14Rank 1 from verse 17
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    14¶ And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

  2. Mark 9:25Rank 2 from verse 17
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    25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

  3. Luke 9:38Rank 3 from verse 17
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    38And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

  4. Mark 10:13Rank 4 from verse 17
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    13¶ And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

  5. John 4:47Rank 5 from verse 17
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    47When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

  6. Mark 5:23Rank 6 from verse 17
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    23And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

  7. Mark 7:26Rank 7 from verse 17
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    26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

  8. Matthew 12:22Rank 8 from verse 17
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    22¶ Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

  9. Matthew 17:15Rank 9 from verse 17
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    15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

From verse 18

  1. Mark 11:23Rank 1 from verse 18
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    23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

  2. Luke 9:39–40Rank 2 from verse 18
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    39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.

    40And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

  3. Mark 9:28–29Rank 3 from verse 18
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    28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

    29And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

  4. Matthew 17:19–20Rank 4 from verse 18
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    19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

    20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

  5. Mark 9:20Rank 5 from verse 18
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    20And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

  6. Mark 9:26Rank 6 from verse 18
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    26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

  7. Matthew 17:16Rank 7 from verse 18
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    16And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

  8. 2 Kings 4:29–31Rank 8 from verse 18
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    29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

    30And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

    31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

  9. Acts 7:54Rank 9 from verse 18
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    54¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

  10. Psalms 112:10Rank 10 from verse 18
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    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  11. Job 16:9Rank 11 from verse 18
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    9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

  12. Jude 1:13Rank 12 from verse 18
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    13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

  13. Matthew 15:22Rank 13 from verse 18
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    22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

  14. Matthew 8:12Rank 14 from verse 18
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    12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

From verse 19

  1. Numbers 14:11Rank 1 from verse 19
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    11¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

  2. Luke 9:41Rank 2 from verse 19
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    41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

  3. Mark 16:14Rank 3 from verse 19
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    14¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

  4. Matthew 17:17Rank 4 from verse 19
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    17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

  5. Numbers 14:27Rank 5 from verse 19
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    27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

  6. Psalms 106:21–25Rank 6 from verse 19
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    21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

    22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

    23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

    24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

    25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

  7. Hebrews 3:10–12Rank 7 from verse 19
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    10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

    11So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

    12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

  8. John 20:27Rank 8 from verse 19
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    27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

  9. Luke 24:25Rank 9 from verse 19
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    25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

  10. Deuteronomy 32:20Rank 10 from verse 19
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    20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

  11. Numbers 14:22Rank 11 from verse 19
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    22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

  12. Numbers 32:13–14Rank 12 from verse 19
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    13And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

    14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

  13. Psalms 78:22Rank 13 from verse 19
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    22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

  14. Psalms 78:6–8Rank 14 from verse 19
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    6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

    7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

    8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

  15. John 12:27Rank 15 from verse 19
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    27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

From verse 20

  1. Mark 1:26Rank 1 from verse 20
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    26And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

  2. Luke 4:35Rank 2 from verse 20
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    35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

  3. 1 Peter 5:8Rank 3 from verse 20
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  4. Luke 9:42Rank 4 from verse 20
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    42And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

  5. Job 1:10–12Rank 5 from verse 20
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    10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

    11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

    12And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

  6. Job 2:6–8Rank 6 from verse 20
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    6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

    7¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

    8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

  7. John 8:44Rank 7 from verse 20
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    44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

  8. Luke 8:29Rank 8 from verse 20
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    29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

  9. Mark 5:3–5Rank 9 from verse 20
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    3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

    4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

    5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

  10. Mark 9:18Rank 10 from verse 20
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    18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

  11. Mark 9:26Rank 11 from verse 20
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    26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

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Mark 9:17

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multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

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master

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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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dumb

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Sense 1: Unable, unwilling, or restrained from speaking; silent or speechless. Sense 2: Causing muteness.

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

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Mark 9:18

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wheresoever

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In whatever place; wherever; in any place in which the stated condition is met.

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taketh

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Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.

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teeth

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1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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Mark 9:19

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long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

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Mark 9:20

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fell

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1. Came or went down; dropped, bowed, lay flat, collapsed, or lost an upright or raised place. 2. Was slain, died, was overthrown, or came under another's hand or power. 3. Came upon, seized, or affected someone or something, or entered a stated condition such as sickness, sleep, fear, lusting, or a trance. 4. Attacked or set upon. 5. Happened or came to pass. 6. Joined, yielded, went over, or departed from a person, side, office, or former standing. 7. Was assigned or determined by lot or portion. 8. As the present verb fell, to cut or bring down a tree or other standing thing.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

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wallowed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wallow, meaning to roll oneself about in mud, ashes, or filth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

foaming

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of foam, meaning to produce or cast out foam.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9:14¶ And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

9:15And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

9:16And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?

9:17And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;

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9:18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

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9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

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9:20And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

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9:21And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

9:22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

9:23Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

9:24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

9:25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

9:26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

9:27But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

9:29And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

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