Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us

Mark 9

³⁸ _g Now John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us." ³⁹ But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, _h for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. ⁴⁰ "For _i he who is not against ₁ us is on ₂ our side. ⁴¹ _j "For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.

1. Cross References
   Numbers 11:27 - 29
   And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.
   Luke 9:49
   Now John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 12:3
   Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 12:30
   He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
   Luke 11:23
   He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 10:42
   "And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward."
   

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