The Scriptures 1998

Mark 9:30-40 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

30. And going from there they passed through Galil. And He did not wish anyone to know,

31. for He was teaching His taught ones and said to them, “The Son of Aḏam is being delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him. And having been killed, He shall rise the third day.”

32. But they did not understand the word, and they were afraid to ask Him.

33. And they came to Kephar Naḥum, and having come in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the way?”

34. And they were silent, for on the way they had disputed with one another who was the greatest.

35. And sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

36. And He took a little child and set him in their midst, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

37. “Whoever receives one of such little children in My Name receives Me. And whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but the One who sent Me.”

38. And Yoḥanan said to Him, “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. And יהושע said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My Name is able to readily speak evil of Me.

40. “For he who is not against us is for us.