Mark 9:37-39
New King James Version
37 “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and (A)whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”
Jesus Forbids Sectarianism(B)
38 (C)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.”
39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, (D)for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.
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Mark 9:37-39
New International Version
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.”(A)
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us(B)
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.”(C)
39 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,
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