Luke 9:49-51

Expanded Bible

Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us^(A)

⁴⁹ John answered, “Master, we saw someone using your name to ·force [drive; cast] demons out of people. We told him to stop, because he ·does not belong to our group [^Ldoes not follow with us].”

⁵⁰ But Jesus said to him, “Don’t ·stop [hinder; forbid] him, because whoever is not against you is for you.”

A Town Rejects Jesus

⁵¹ When the time was coming near for Jesus to ·depart [ascend], he ·was determined to go to [resolutely set out for; ^Lset his face toward] Jerusalem [Matt. 19:1–2; Mark 10:1].