Mark 9:28
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
εἰσέρχομαι
when was entering
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εἰσέρχομαι
To enter, to go in, to come in. Eiserchomai. Enter through the narrow gate. The narrow gate requires humility. Pride cannot fit through it. Only those who bow can enter.
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οἶκος
a house
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οἶκος
House, household, family. Oikos. As for me and my house we will serve the LORD. The household of faith begins in the household of the home. Discipleship starts at home.
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δύναμαι
were able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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ἐκβάλλω
to cast out
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ἐκβάλλω
To cast out, to drive out. He cast out the spirits with a word. In Jesus name we have authority over every unclean thing.
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ἴδιος
private
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ἴδιος
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
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ἐπερωτάω
were asking
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ἐπερωτάω
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
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