Mark 9:36-38

Easy-to-Read Version

³⁶ Then Jesus took a small child and stood the child in front of the followers. He held the child in his arms and said, ³⁷ “Whoever accepts children like these in my name is accepting me. And anyone who accepts me is also accepting the one who sent me.”

Whoever Is Not Against Us Is For Us^(A)

³⁸ Then John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of someone. He is not one of us. So we told him to stop, because he does not belong to our group.”