Mark 9:39

Mark 9:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
• New International Version (NIV)“Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

Context of Mark 9:39

37“Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” 38John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone forcing demons out of a person by using the power and authority of your name. We tried to stop him because he was not one of us.” Jesus said, “Don’t stop him! No one who works a miracle in my name can turn around and speak evil of me. 40Whoever isn’t against us is for us. 41I can guarantee this truth: Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.”

Mark 9:39 word by word

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· μὴ κωλύετε αὐτόν· οὐδεὶς γάρ ἐστιν ὃς ποιήσει δύναμιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου καὶ δυνήσεται ταχὺ κακολογῆσαί με.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Forbidκωλύωkōluō · to preventG2967
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• notμήmē · notG3361
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• there isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• no manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• shall doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• a miracleδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• thatκαίkai · andG2532
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• lightlyταχύtachu · quicklyG5035
• speak evilκακολογέωkakologeō · to curse/revileG2551

Cross-references for Mark 9:39

• Mark 10:13Some people brought little children to Jesus to have him hold them. But the disciples told the people not to do that.
• Matthew 13:28“He told them, ‘An enemy did this.’ “His workers asked him, ‘Do you want us to pull out the weeds?’
• Philippians 1:18But what does it matter? Nothing matters except that, in one way or another, people are told the message about Christ, whether with honest or dishonest motives, and I’m happy about that. Yes, I will continue to be happy
• Matthew 7:22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name? Didn’t we force out demons and do many miracles by the power and authority of your name?’
• Acts 19:13Some Jews used to travel from place to place and force evil spirits out of people. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus to force evil spirits out of those who were possessed. These Jews would say, “I order you ⌞to come out⌟ in the name of Jesus, whom Paul talks about.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:27Rather, I toughen my body with punches and make it my slave so that I will not be disqualified after I have spread the Good News to others.
• 1 Corinthians 13:1I may speak in the languages of humans and of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am a loud gong or a clashing cymbal.
• 1 Corinthians 12:3So I want you to know that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is cursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

Commentaries on Mark 9:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39Forbid him not - If you meet him again, let him go on quietly in the work in which God owns him. If he were not of God, the demons would not be subject to him, and his work could not prosper. A spirit of bigotry has little countenance from these passages. There are some who are so outrageously wedded to their own creed, and religious system, that they would rather let sinners perish than suffer those who differ from them to become the instruments of their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Forbid him not - Do not prevent his doing good. If he can work a miracle in my name, it is sufficient proof of attachment to me, and he should not be prevented. Can lightly speak evil of me - The word here rendered “lightly” means quickly or “immediately.” The meaning of the passage is, that he to whom God gave the power of working a miracle, by that gave evidence that he could not be found among the enemies of Jesus. He ought not, therefore, to be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-40Verses 30-40 The time of Christ's suffering drew nigh. Had he been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it had not been so strange; but that men should thus shamefully treat the Son of man, who came to redeem and save them, is wonderful. Still observe that when Christ spake of his death, he always spake of his resurrection, which took the reproach of it from himself, and should have taken the grief of it from his disciples. Many…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38-41An unknown person was driving out demons in the name of Jesus, even though he was not one of the twelve disciples (9:38–40). John objected, but Jesus corrected him. we tried to stop him: Compare 10:35–43; Luke 9:51–55. The success of the unknown person who drove out demons contrasts with the disciples' failure in the previous story (Mark 9:14–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me--soon, that is, readily "speak evil of me."Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 9:39

• Bigotry
• Catholicity
• Commandments
• Intolerance, Religious
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Toleration

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Foam
• Rising
• Teach
• Unbelief
• Worm
• Crime; Crimes
• Criticism of the Bible
• Evil-Speaking

Commentaries on Mark 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings