Mark 9:39 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁹ But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ But Jesus said, Do not restrain or hinder or forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in My name will soon afterward be able to speak evil of Me.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

Common English Bible

³⁹ Jesus replied, “Don’t stop him. No one who does powerful acts in my name can quickly turn around and curse me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ For whoever is not against you is for you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ For he that is not against you, is for you.

Mark 9:39 Cross References

Psalm 109:20

This is the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

Mark 9:38

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

Mark 9:40

For he that is not against us is for us.

1 Corinthians 12:3

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Philippians 1:18

What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.