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36 He took a small child, and stood it in the middle of them. Then he hugged the child, and said to them, 37 “If anyone welcomes one child like this in my name, they welcome me. And if anyone welcomes me, it isn’t me they welcome, but the one who sent me.”

Warnings about sin

38 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone casting out demons in your name. We stopped him, because he wasn’t following us.”

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36 He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms,(A) he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”(B)

Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us(C)

38 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”(D)

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