Luke 9:40

I ¹  begged ²  your disciples to cast it out, but ³  they could not do so.” ⁴ 

2Ki 4:31; Mt 17:20,21; Lu 9:1; Lu 10:17-19; Ac 19:13-16

¹ tn Grk “And I.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, καί (kai) has not been translated here; instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

² sn Note the repetition of the verb from v. 38, an indication of the father’s desperation.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁴ tn The words “do so” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied for clarity and stylistic reasons.