36 And he took a young child and[a] had him stand among them.[b] And taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes one of the young children such as these in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but the one who sent me.”

Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us

38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:36 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Mark 9:36 Literally “in the midst of them”