Luke 9:49

And John answered and said: Master, we saw a certain one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

In Context

48and said to them: Whoever will receive this little child on my account, receives me; and whoever will receive me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

50And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not; for whoever is not against us, is for us.

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Cross References

Mark 10:13And they brought little children to him, that he might touch them: but his disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Acts 4:18And they called them in, and commanded them to speak no more at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, in order that they may fill up their sins at all times: but the wrath is coming upon them to the full.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:44-51

Ambition of the Disciples Reproved. 43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And… Read the whole commentary →

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