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“Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes not only me but also my Father who sent me.” 38John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he wasn’t in our group.” “Don’t stop him!” Jesus said. “No one who performs a miracle in my name will soon be able to speak evil of me. 40Anyone who is not against us is for us. 41If anyone gives you even a cup of water because you belong to the Messiah, I tell you the truth, that person will surely be rewarded.

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 10:13One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
• Matthew 13:28“‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed. “‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.
• Philippians 1:18But that doesn’t matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. And I will continue to rejoice.
• Matthew 7:22On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’
• Acts 19:13A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
• 1 Corinthians 9:27I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
• 1 Corinthians 13:1If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
• 1 Corinthians 12:3So I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, 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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• 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