Mark 9:23 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:23

“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Pseudo-Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas

This saying, If thou canst, is a proof of the freedom of the will. Again, all things are possible to him that believeth, which evidently means all those things which are prayed for with tears in the name of Jesus, that is, of salvation. By this also we are taught that our faith is tottering, if it lean not on the stay of the help of God.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Irenaeus

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 4 (202)

And not merely in works, but also in faith, has God preserved the will of man free and under his own control, saying, "According to thy faith be it unto thee;" thus showing that there is a faith specially belonging to man, since he has an opinion specially his own. And again, "All things are possible to him that believeth;" and, "Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee." Now all such expressions demonstrate that man is in his own power with respect to faith.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe,.... As the man put an "if" on the power of Christ, Christ puts an "if" on the faith of the man; and tacitly suggests, that power was not wanting in himself, but faith in him; and should that cure not be performed, it would not be owing to any inability in him, but to his own incredulity. The Arabic version renders it, "what is this thy: saying, if thou canst do any thing?" What dost thou mean by it?

The Nineteenth Century5 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If Thou canst Believe - This was an answer to the inquiry above. I can furnish a sufficiency of power, if thou canst but bring faith to receive it. Why are not our souls completely healed? Why is not every demon cast out? Why are not pride, self-will, love of the world, lust, anger, peevishness, with all the other bad tempers and dispositions which constitute the mind of Satan, entirely destroyed?

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1744: “Where The "If" Lies” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1883)

Modern Voices1 voice

Charles Capps

1934–2014

Believing & Receiving Your Healing (Capps Ministries Monthly Teaching) (2026)

His knowledge of Christ's abilities limited his belief. You can't believe any further than you have knowledge.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
δύνῃ	dunē	You are able	G1410 →
πάντα	panta	All things	G3956 →
δυνατὰ	dunata	are possible	G1415 →
τῷ	tō	to the [one]	G3588 →
πιστεύοντι.	pisteuonti	believing.	G4100 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
leads to
- Proverbs 8:17
  I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
- Jeremiah 29:13–14
  You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
  As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
- Psalms 105:3–4
  Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Through
Mark 11:23
“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will…
leads to
- Matthew 21:21
  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 17:20
  “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’…
- John 15:7
  If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.