Mark 9:23
New International Version
“’If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”

New Living Translation
“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”

English Standard Version
And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

Berean Standard Bible
“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus said to him, "If You are able? All things are possible to the one believing."

King James Bible
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

New King James Version
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

New American Standard Bible
But Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.”

NASB 1995
And Jesus said to him, “’If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”

NASB 1977
And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can!’ All things are possible to him who believes.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”

Amplified Bible
Jesus said to him, “[You say to Me,] ‘If You can?’ All things are possible for the one who believes and trusts [in Me]!”

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’? Everything is possible for the one who believes.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to him, “’If You can? Everything is possible to the one who believes.”

American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to him, “If you are able to believe, everything is possible to the one who believes.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "Why do you say 'if you can'? Anything is possible for someone who has faith!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus saith to him: If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

English Revised Version
And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to him, "As far as possibilities go, everything is possible for the person who believes."

Good News Translation
"Yes," said Jesus, "if you yourself can! Everything is possible for the person who has faith."

International Standard Version
Jesus told him, "'If you are able?' Everything is possible for the person who believes!"

Literal Standard Version
And Jesus said to him, “If you are able to believe! All things are possible to the one that is believing”;

Majority Standard Bible
“If You can believe!” said Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

New American Bible
Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith.”

NET Bible
Then Jesus said to him, "'If you are able?' All things are possible for the one who believes."

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to him, “If you are able!—All things can be done for the one who believes.”

New Heart English Bible
Jesus said to him, "'If you can?' All things are possible to him who believes."

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus said to him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Weymouth New Testament
"'If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is possible to him who believes."

World English Bible
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Young's Literal Translation
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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Context
The Boy with an Evil Spirit
22“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!” 24Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”…

Cross References
Matthew 17:20
"Because you have so little faith," He answered. "For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

Mark 9:22
"It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

Mark 9:24
Immediately the boy's father cried out, "I do believe; help my unbelief!"

John 11:40
Jesus replied, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"


Treasury of Scripture

Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes.

If.

Mark 11:23
For 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 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

Matthew 17:20
And 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.

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Mark 9
1. Jesus is transfigured.
11. He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elijah;
14. casts forth a deaf and mute spirit;
30. foretells his death and resurrection;
33. exhorts his disciples to humility;
38. bidding them not to prohibit such as are not against them,
42. nor to give offense to any of the faithful.














(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.

Verses 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.

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Greek
“If
Εἰ (Ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

You can?”
δύνῃ (dynē)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

echoed
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

Jesus.
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

“All things
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

are possible
δυνατὰ (dynata)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1415: (a) of persons: powerful, able, (b) of things: possible. From dunamai; powerful or capable; neuter possible.

to him who
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

believes!”
πιστεύοντι (pisteuonti)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.


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