Mark 9:35-40

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³⁵ He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”^{(A) 36} Then he took a little child and put it among them, and taking it in his arms he said to them,^{(B) 37} “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”^(C)

Another Exorcist

³⁸ John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,^[a] and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”^{(D) 39} But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰ Whoever is not against us is for us.^(E)