Mark 9:36-38

International Standard Version

³⁶ Then he took a little child and had him stand among them. He took him in his arms and told them, ³⁷ “Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”

The True Follower of Jesus^(A)

³⁸ John told Jesus,^[a] “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn’t a follower like us.”