Mark 9:38

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On Jesus’ Side John said to him,“Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”

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  • Luke 9:49-50 : 49 On the Right Side John answered,“Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.” 50 But Jesus said to him,“Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”
  • Luke 11:19 : 19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
  • Num 11:26-29 : 26 Eldad and Medad But two men remained in the camp; one’s name was Eldad, and the other’s name was Medad. And the Spirit rested on them.(Now they were among those in the registration, but had not gone to the tabernacle.) So they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses,“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!” 28 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said,“My lord Moses, stop them!” 29 Moses said to him,“Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”

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  • Luke 9:48-50
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    48 and said to them,“Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

    49 On the Right Side John answered,“Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

    50 But Jesus said to him,“Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

  • Mark 9:39-40
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    39 But Jesus said,“Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

    40 For whoever is not against us is for us.

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    18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

    19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

  • 37 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

  • Mark 9:28-29
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    28 Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

    29 He told them,“This kind can come out only by prayer.”

  • Luke 9:39-40
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    39 A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

    40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”

  • 38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

  • 37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • 14 But John tried to prevent him, saying,“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

  • 39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,“Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

  • Luke 9:54-55
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    54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,“Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

    55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them,

  • 34 But the Pharisees said,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”

  • 34 So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

  • 13 Jesus and Little Children Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

  • 41 Demons also came out of many, crying out,“You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

  • 24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

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    13 Jesus and Little Children Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

    14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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  • 8 When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

  • 35 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

  • Mark 9:16-18
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    16 He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”

    17 A member of the crowd said to him,“Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

    18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so.”

  • 17 Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying,“Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

  • 25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

  • 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’

  • 25 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”

  • 15 But some of them said,“By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons!”

  • 39 So he went into all of Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

  • 18 And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

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    42 As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

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  • 12 But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

  • 15 and to have authority to cast out demons.

  • 19 But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”

  • 15 Jesus and Little Children Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

  • 27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other,“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

  • 30 Jesus then asked him,“What is your name?” He said,“Legion,” because many demons had entered him.

  • 22 The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said,“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”

  • 14 The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

  • 16 But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

  • 9 Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”