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Mark 9:23 Cross-References

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

Mark 9:23 (KJV)

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Commentary on Mark 9:23

Jesus responds to the desperate father's plea "if thou canst do any thing" by redirecting focus from divine ability to human faith. The Greek construction ei dynē pisteusai (εἰ δύνῃ πιστεῦσαι, "if you can believe") echoes the father's doubt but inverts it—the question isn't whether Jesus can heal, but whether the man can believe. The phrase panta dynata (πάντα δυνατά, "all things possible") employs the same word for "possible" used of God's omnipotence in Mark 10:27. Jesus declares that faith connects believers to divine omnipotence, making the impossible possible. This isn't faith in faith it...

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Cross-References for Mark 9:23

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John 11:4068 votes

Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?

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Hebrews 11:663 votes

for he who comes to God must believe that he exists

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Mark 11:2350 votes

whoever may tell this mountain

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Matthew 17:2048 votes

Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.,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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Matthew 21:21-2242 votes

Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.,Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.,,,,,,,,

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2 Chronicles 20:2033 votes

and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth

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Luke 17:631 votes

If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.,And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.,,,,,,,,

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John 4:48-5025 votes

Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.

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Acts 14:923 votes

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