Mark 9:21 Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he answered.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he answered.

English Standard Version
And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

New American Standard Bible
And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

King James Bible
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"How long has this been happening to him?" Jesus asked his father." From childhood," he said. "

International Standard Version
Then Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" He said, "Since he was a child.

American Standard Version
And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he asked his father: How long time is it since this hath happened unto him? But he said: From his infancy:

Darby Bible Translation
And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;

Young's Literal Translation
And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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 up to Christ for grace to help them against it, and his grace will be sufficient for them. Whom Christ cures, he cures effectually. But Satan is unwilling to be driven from those that have been long his slaves, and, when he cannot deceive or destroy the sinner, he will cause him all the terror that he can. The disciples must not think to do their work always with the same ease; some services call for more than ordinary pains.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

21. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child, &c.—Having told briefly the affecting features of the case, the poor father, half dispirited by the failure of the disciples and the aggravated virulence of the malady itself in presence of their Master, yet encouraged too by what he had heard of Christ, by the severe rebuke He had given to His disciples for not having faith enough to cure the boy, and by the dignity with which He had ordered him to be brought to Him—in this mixed state of mind, he closes his description of the case with these touching words: