Mark 9

Which worship songs are based on Mark 9?

  1. Heavenly Hill — ApologetiX (2010) Mark 9:2-9

    The song explicitly retells the Transfiguration from Peter’s perspective, identifying James and John, the mountain, Moses and Elijah, and Jesus’ radiant appearance. Its prayer setting particularly reflects Luke’s account, while the joke about cleaning Jesus’ clothing closely adapts Mark’s comparison with an earthly launderer.

  2. Turbo Style — Beckah Shae (2014) Mark 9:23

    The song directly links belief with unlimited possibility, closely adapting Jesus’ declaration that everything is possible for the person who believes.

  3. Jesus I Believe — Big Daddy Weave (2015) Mark 9:23-24

    The ending directly echoes the father's confession of belief and plea for help with unbelief as he asks Jesus to deliver his son. The chorus’s emphasis on impossible outcomes reinforces the connection to Jesus’ preceding statement about possibility and belief.

  4. Impossible — Da’ T.R.U.T.H. (2011) Mark 9:23

    The chorus and second verse closely adapt Jesus' declaration that all things are possible for the person who believes. The explicit link between possibility and belief identifies this passage rather than merely expressing general confidence in God.

  5. Man of Your Word — Maverick City Music & Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven (2020) Mark 9:23

    The opening verses closely restate Jesus’ declaration that possibility is available to the one who believes.

  6. Here I Go (Against All I've Known) — ApologetiX (2010) Mark 9:24

    The speaker’s prayer for help believing, following an admission that trust is difficult, echoes the father’s appeal to Jesus for help with his unbelief. The song adapts the prayer without retelling the surrounding healing narrative.

  7. LOVE LIKE YOU — MARTY (2024) Mark 9:24

    The singer directly adopts the desperate father's appeal to Jesus for help overcoming deficient faith.

  8. Wait for You - Live — Leeland (2019) Mark 9:24

    The bridge echoes the desperate father's confession of simultaneous faith and unbelief before Jesus. The song adapts that confession into an assurance of God's continued commitment amid doubt.

  9. Fear Not — Hannah Kerr (2024) Mark 9:24

    The singer's simultaneous profession of belief and request for help with unbelief directly echoes the desperate father's response to Jesus.

  10. Bigger Than I Thought (Live) — Passion (2019) Mark 9:24

    The second verse directly adopts the confession of the father who asks Jesus to overcome the unbelief accompanying his faith.

  11. Homeward — Benjamin William Hastings (2021) Mark 9:24

    The prayer for divine help to believe during periods of felt unbelief closely echoes the desperate father’s appeal to Jesus for help with his unbelief.

  12. Faith Is — Benjamin William Hastings (2021) Mark 9:24

    The final chorus combines an affirmation of belief with a direct plea for God to remove unbelief, closely echoing the desperate father’s simultaneous confession of faith and request for help.

  13. We Believe — Steven Curtis Chapman (2016) Mark 9:24

    The plea for God to assist faltering belief directly adopts the desperate request made by the father seeking Jesus' help for his afflicted son.

  14. Help My Unbelief — Chris Tomlin (2025) Mark 9:24

    The song's repeated plea for help with unbelief directly echoes the cry of a father in Mark 9:24, who asks Jesus to help his unbelief regarding his son's healing.

  15. Too Good To Not Believe - Live — Brandon Lake & Cody Carnes (2021) Mark 9:24

    The recurring confession of faith alongside a plea for help with doubt directly invokes the father who asks Jesus to heal his afflicted son. The passage anchors the song's tension between confidence in Christ's power and continuing unbelief.

  16. Honest — Chris Llewellyn (2023) Mark 9:24

    The chorus directly adopts the plea of the father who confesses simultaneous belief and unbelief while asking Jesus to heal his son.

  17. Weep With Me — Rend Collective (2018) Mark 9:24

    The confession of belief paired with a plea for help in unbelief directly reproduces the desperate father's response to Jesus.

  18. Through You — Saint (2011) Mark 9:24

    The singer’s plea for help believing closely echoes the father’s appeal to Jesus for help with his unbelief. The surrounding confession of faith alongside inadequate trust reinforces the connection.

  19. Pass Me Not — MAYIA (2025) Mark 9:24

    The repeated request for help with unbelief directly echoes the prayer of the father seeking Jesus' deliverance for his afflicted son.

  20. Help Our Unbelief — Rush of Fools (2011) Mark 9:24

    The central refrain closely adapts the plea of the father seeking healing for his son, changing his individual appeal into a communal prayer. Both acknowledge faltering faith while asking God for help rather than waiting for certainty.

  21. Faithful — Steven Curtis Chapman (2009) Mark 9:24

    The plea for help with unbelief directly reproduces the desperate father's appeal to Jesus during the healing of his son. The song adopts that appeal as a prayer amid damaged faith.

  22. Better — Chris Renzema (2020) Mark 9:24

    The repeated prayer for God to supply a faith the speaker cannot produce closely echoes the desperate father's request that Jesus help his unbelief.

  23. Overcome — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2021) Mark 9:24

    The plea for divine help with unbelief reproduces the desperate response of the father seeking Jesus' deliverance for his son.

  24. Help My Unbelief — Haddon (2023) Mark 9:24

    The central prayer directly adopts the plea of the father who asks Jesus to overcome the unbelief that remains alongside his faith.

  25. Parachute — Hawk Nelson (2018) Mark 9:24

    The singer asks God to supply the faith he cannot produce for himself, closely echoing the desperate father's simultaneous faith and unbelief when seeking Jesus' help.

  26. Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life — Buddy Greene (2010) Mark 9:41

    The hymn recalls Jesus’ teaching that giving someone water because of their relationship to Christ has lasting value. Its emphasis on giving for Christ’s sake particularly matches Mark’s formulation.

  27. Droppin' on the Sun — ApologetiX (2010) Mark 9:43-48

    The explicit citation of Mark 9 points to Jesus' warnings about hell and unquenchable fire. These warnings support the song's urgent treatment of judgment as something to avoid.

  28. Fly Away from Hell — ApologetiX (2010) Mark 9:43

    The supplied text explicitly cites and reproduces Jesus’ warning about removing a hand that leads to sin rather than entering hell. This connection occurs in the appended scripture quotation, not necessarily in the sung lyrics.

Mark 9 (King James Version)

1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?

17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;

18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

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

24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.

31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,

37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.

40 For he that is not against us is on our part.

41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.