Luke 9:50
Good News Translation
"Do not try to stop him," Jesus said to him and to the other disciples, "because whoever is not against you is for you."

New Revised Standard Version
But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.”

Contemporary English Version
"Don't stop him!" Jesus said. "Anyone who isn't against you is for you."

New American Bible
Jesus said to him, “Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you.

Forbid.

Joshua 9:14 They took therefore of their victuals, and consulted not the mouth of the Lord.

Proverbs 3:5,6 In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. . . .

Matthew 13:28-30 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? . . .

Matthew 17:24,26 He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom, of their own children, or of strangers? . . .

Philippians 1:15-18 Some indeed, even out of envy and contention: but some also for good will preach Christ. . . .

for.

Luke 11:23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

Mark 9:41 For whosoever shall give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because you belong to Christ: amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

1 Corinthians 12:3 Wherefore, I give you to understand that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And no man can say The Lord Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost.

Context
The Greatest in the Kingdom
49And John, answering, said: Master, we saw a certain man casting out devils in thy name: and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. 50And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you. 51And it came to pass, when the days of his assumption were accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:30
He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

Mark 9:38
John answered him, saying: Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, who followeth not us: and we forbade him.

Luke 11:23
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Luke 9:49
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