Mark 9:36-38

Contemporary English Version

³⁶ Then Jesus asked a child to stand near him. He put his arm around the child and said, ^37 (A) “When you welcome even a child because of me, you welcome me. And when you welcome me, you welcome the one who sent me.”

For or against Jesus

(Luke 9.49,50)

³⁸ John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But he wasn't one of us, and we told him to stop.”