Mark 9:36-38

New King James Version

³⁶ Then ^(A)He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, ³⁷ “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and ^(B)whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”

Jesus Forbids Sectarianism^(C)

^38 (D)Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.”