37 “Whoever welcomes[a] one little child such as this in My name(A) welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent(B) Me.”(C)

In His Name

38 John(D) said to Him, “Teacher,(E) we saw someone[b] driving out demons(F) in Your name,(G) and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”(H)

39 “Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle(I) in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:37 Or Whoever receives
  2. Mark 9:38 Other mss add who didn’t go along with us

37 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”(A)

Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us(B)

38 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”(C)

39 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,

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