Markus 9:17

9:17 A member of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

Markus 9:20

9:20 So they brought the boy ¹  to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He ²  fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

Markus 9:25

9:25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked ³  the unclean spirit, ⁴  saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

[9:20]  ¹ tn Grk “him.”

[9:20]  ² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[9:25]  ³ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

[9:25]  ⁴ sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.