Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us

49 And John answered and[a] said, “Master, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow in company with us.” 50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not prevent him,[b] because whoever is not against you is for you.”

Jesus Rejected in a Samaritan Village

51 Now it happened that when the days were approaching for him to be taken up,[c] he set his[d] face to go to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:49 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 9:50 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 9:51 Literally “of his taking up”
  4. Luke 9:51 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun