Mark 9:29

He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” ¹ 

He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer."

And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer."

Jesus replied, "This kind can be cast out only by prayer."

He answered, "There is no way to get rid of this kind of demon except by prayer."

And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

He said to them, "This kind can come out only through prayer."

So He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting."

He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” ¹ 

¹ tc Most witnesses, even early and excellent ones (Ì^45vid א² A C D L W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat co), have “and fasting” (καὶ νηστείᾳ, kai nhsteia) after “prayer” here. But this seems to be a motivated reading, due to the early church’s emphasis on fasting (TCGNT 85; cf., e.g., 2 Clem. 16:4; Pol. Phil 7:2; Did. 1:3; 7:4). That the most important witnesses (א* B), as well as a few others (0274 2427 k), lack καὶ νηστείᾳ, when a good reason for the omission is difficult to find, argues strongly for the shorter reading.