Mark 9:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

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  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-2 : 1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell. 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.
  • Phil 1:18 : 18 What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power? 23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
  • Mark 10:13-14 : 13 And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them. 14 And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 19:13-16 : 13 But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching. 14 And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this. 15 And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
  • Matt 13:28-29 : 28 And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up? 29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

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    37 Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

    38 John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

  • Luke 9:48-50
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    48 And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

    49 And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us.

    50 But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.

  • Mark 9:40
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    40 He who is not against us is for us.

  • Luke 12:10
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    10 And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

  • Mark 5:19
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    19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

  • Luke 9:40
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    40 And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

  • Matt 17:19
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    19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?

  • Luke 9:43
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    43 And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

  • Matt 11:6
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    6 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

  • Matt 9:8
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    8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

  • Luke 4:35-36
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    35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

    36 And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

  • John 9:33
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    33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

  • Matt 12:30-32
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    30 Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

    31 So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

    32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

  • Mark 5:37
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    37 And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

  • Mark 3:12
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    12 And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.

  • Mark 1:25
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    25 And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

  • Mark 1:34
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    34 And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

  • Mark 9:28-29
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    28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

    29 And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

  • Mark 9:25
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    25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

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    16 Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

    17 But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.

    18 And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.

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    24 But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • Matt 12:16
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    16 Ordering them not to give people word of him:

  • Mark 16:17
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    17 And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

  • Mark 8:30
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    30 And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

  • Mark 6:5
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    5 And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

  • Matt 9:3
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    3 And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

  • Matt 7:22
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    22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

  • Luke 9:21
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    21 But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any man;

  • Luke 8:38
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    38 But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

  • 1 Cor 14:39
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    39 So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

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    34 But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

  • John 6:43
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    43 Jesus made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another.

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    14 And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

  • Mark 9:9
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    9 And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

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    14 But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Mark 3:15
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    15 And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

  • Luke 11:19
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    19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

  • Luke 7:23
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    23 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

  • Luke 9:55
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    55 But turning round he said sharp words to them.

  • John 9:16
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    16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

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    41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.