38"Teacher," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us."


In Context

35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."

36 He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

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."

38 "Teacher," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us."

39 "Do not stop him," Jesus said. "No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,

40 for whoever is not against us is for us.

Mark 9:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:38And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:38John answered him, saying: Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, who followeth not us, and we forbade him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:38John said unto him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followed not us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:38And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:38John said unto him, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name: and we forbade him, because he followed not us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:38And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and he followeth not us; and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:38John said to him, |Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:38And John did answer him, saying, 'Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:38And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in your name, and he follows not us: and we forbade him, because he follows not us.