Luke 9:49
And John answered and said, Commander, we saw a man casting out fiends in thy name, and we have forbidden him, for he (pur)sueth not thee with us. (And John said, Master, we saw a man throwing out devils and demons in thy name, and we have forbidden him, for he followeth not thee with us.)
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In Context
50And Jesus said to him, Do not ye forbid (him), for he that is not against us, is for us.
Cross References
Numbers 11:27a young man ran, and told to Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad prophesy in the tents.
Mark 10:13And they brought to him little children, (so) that he should touch them; and the disciples threatened the men, that brought them.
Acts 4:18And they called them, and announced (or commanded) to them, that on no manner they should speak, neither teach, in the name of Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 2:16forbidding us to speak to heathen men, that they be made safe, that they [full-]fill their sins (for)evermore; for the wrath of God came on them into the end. (forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, so that they can be saved, so that they fill their sins full forevermore; but God’s wrath hath come upon them in the end.)
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 →