Luke - 9:50

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50 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 9:50.

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"Do not forbid him," said Jesus, "for he who is not against you is on your side."
And Jesus said to him: "Do not prohibit him. For whoever is not against you, is for you."
"None of you must prevent him," Jesus said to John; "whoever's not against you is for you."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Jesus said unto him, forbid him not,.... "Or forbid not" him, or any other so doing:
for he that is not against us, is for us: in two exemplars of Beza's it is read, "for he is not against you": the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, instead of "us", in both clauses read "you", and so likewise the Persic and Ethiopic versions; See Gill on Mark 9:39, Mark 9:40.

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