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 one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” 38John 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.” 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. 40For whoever is not against us is for us. 41For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ’s name will never 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 10:13Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.
• Matthew 13:28He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’
• Philippians 1:18What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
• Matthew 7:22On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’
• Acts 19:13But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
• 1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
• 1 Corinthians 12:3So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and 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

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• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
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• 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