Mark 9 · Verse 25

Mark 9:25

When 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.
Mark 9:25, King James Version

Mark 9:25 in other translations

BSBWhen Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
WEBWhen 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!”
ASVAnd when Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
YLTJesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ‘Spirit--dumb and deaf--I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'
DARBYBut Jesus, seeing that the crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
BBEAnd when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.
WebsterWhen Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

What does Mark 9:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 I charge thee - Considerable emphasis should be laid on the pronoun: - Thou didst resist the command of my disciples, now I command thee to come out. If this had been only a natural disease, for instance the epilepsy, as some have argued, could our Lord have addressed it, with any propriety, as he has done here: Thou deaf and dumb spirit, come out of him, and enter no more into him? Is the doctrine of demoniacal influence false? If so, Jesus took the most direct method to perpetuate the belief of that falsity, by accommodating himself so completely to the deceived vulgar. But this was impossible; therefore the doctrine of demoniacal influence is a true doctrine, otherwise Christ would never have given it the least countenance or support.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 9:14-29

The father of the suffering youth reflected on the want of power in the disciples; but Christ will have him reckon the disappointment to the want of faith. Very much is promised to our believing. If thou canst believe, it is possible that thy hard heart may be softened, thy spiritual diseases may be cured; and, weak as thou art, thou mayest be able to hold out to the end. Those that complain of unbelief, must look…

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Mark 9:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἸδὼνIdōnHaving seenG1492
δὲdenowG1161
ὁho<the>G3588
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
ὅτιhotithatG3754
ἐπισυντρέχειepisuntrecheiwas running togetherG1998
ὄχλος,ochlosa crowd,G3793
ἐπετίμησενepetimēsenHe rebukedG2008
τῷtōtheG3588
πνεύματιpneumatispiritG4151
τῷtō<the>G3588
ἀκαθάρτῳakathartōuncleanG169
λέγωνlegōnsayingG3004
αὐτῷ·autōto it;G846
τὸtoOG3588
ἄλαλονalalonMuteG216
καὶkaiandG2532
κωφὸνkōphondeafG2974
πνεῦμα,pneumaspirit,G4151
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
ἐπιτάσσωepitassōcommandG2004
σοι·soiyou:G4771
ἔξελθεexelthedo comeG1831
ἐξexout ofG1537
αὐτοῦ,autouhim,G846
καὶkaiandG2532
μηκέτιmēketino moreG3371
εἰσέλθῃςeiselthēsshall you enterG1525
εἰςeisintoG1519
αὐτόν.autonhim.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 9:25

  • Acts 16:18

    And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

  • Isaiah 35:5-6

    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

  • Matthew 17:18

    And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

  • Mark 9:15

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

  • Luke 9:42

    And 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.

  • Luke 4:41

    And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

  • Luke 4:35

    And 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.

  • Luke 11:14

    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.

  • Mark 5:7-8

    And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

  • Mark 1:25-27

    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

  • Luke 8:29

    (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.)

  • Jude 1:9

    Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he rebuked.
1:25-27; 5:7,8; Zec 3:2; Mt 17:18; Lu 4:35,41; 9:42; Jude 1:9
thou.If this had been only a natural disease, as some have contended, could our Lord with any propriety have thus addressed it? If the demoniacal possession had been false, or merely a vulgar error, would our Lord, the Revealer of truth, have thus established falsehood, sanctioned error, or encouraged deception, by teaching men to ascribe effects to the malice and power of evil spirits, which they had no agency in producing? Impossible! Such conduct is utterly unworthy the sacred character of the Redeemer.
Isa 35:5,6; Mt 9:32,33; 12:22; Lu 11:14
I charge.
Lu 8:29; Ac 16:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 9:24

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

  • Mark 9:25

    When 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.

  • Mark 9:26

    And 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 9:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como Jesús vió que la multitud se agolpaba, reprendió al espíritu inmundo, diciéndole: Espíritu mudo y sordo, yo te mando, sal de él, y no entres más en él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jésus, voyant que la foule accourait ensemble, tança l’esprit immonde, lui disant: Esprit muet et sourd, je te commande, moi, sors de lui et n’y rentre plus.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als aber Jesus sah, daß eine Volksmenge zusammenlief, bedrohte er den unreinen Geist, indem er zu ihm sprach: Du stummer und tauber Geist, ich gebiete dir: fahre von ihm aus und fahre nicht mehr in ihn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et exclamans, et multum discerpens eum, exiit ab eo, et factus est sicut mortuus, ita ut multi dicerent: Quia mortuus est.