Mark Chapter 9 verse 23 Holy Bible
And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.
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And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.
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And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is [if thou couldst] believe: all things are possible to him that believes.
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Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
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Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
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And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'
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Mark 9 : 23 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 23, 24. - The most approved reading here is, not Αἴ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, but simply Αἴ δύνασαι, So that the English rendering is, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth. Our Lord takes up the father's words. It is as though he said, "Thou sayest to me, 'If thou canst do anything!' Ah, that 'If thou canst!' All things are possible to him that believeth." In other words, our Lord said to him, "Believe in me, and your child shall be healed." It was right that Christ should demand faith in himself; for it was not fitting that he should confer his special benefits on those who disbelieved or doubted about him - that he should thrust his blessings on those who were unworthy of them. The answer of the father is touching and beautiful. Greatly agitated, he cried out and said (we might well suppose (μετὰ δακρύων "with tears," although the weight of evidence is against this addition being retained in the text), I believe; help thou mine unbelief. It is as though he said," I do believe; but my faith is weak. Do thou, therefore, increase and strengthen it; so that whatever there is in me of doubt or remaining unbelief may be taken away, and I may be counted worthy to obtain from thee this blessing for my son." Nor can we doubt that Christ heard a prayer so humble and so fervent, and took away from him the last remains of doubt and unbelief.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) If thou canst believe.--The better MSS. omit the word "believe," and the sentence without it is taken as expressing the sadness of surprise. Our Lord repeats the half-believing, half-despairing words of the father in a tone of sadness, If thou canst. . . . Was this the way in which a man should speak who came to Him as a Healer? Such a one had to learn the great primary lesson that "all things were possible to him that believeth," that the secret of previous failure lay, in part at least, in his own want of faith, as well as in that of the scribes and disciples who had tried their arts of exorcism in vain.
