Luke 9:49
And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he followeth not thee with us.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
50And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not; for he, that is not against us, is for us.
Cross References
Mark 10:13And they brought to Him little children that He might touch them: and the disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Acts 4:18So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, thus going on to fill up their sins perpetually: but wrath is coming upon them to extremity.
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 →