Mark 9:37-39

Easy-to-Read Version

³⁷ “Whoever accepts children like these in my name is accepting me. And anyone who accepts me is also accepting the one who sent me.”

Whoever Is Not Against Us Is For Us^(A)

³⁸ Then John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of someone. He is not one of us. So we told him to stop, because he does not belong to our group.”

³⁹ Jesus said, “Don’t stop him. Whoever uses my name to do powerful things will not soon say bad things about me.