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Marco 9:40

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Marco 9:40 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:40

For he that is not against us, is on our part.
] Many copies read, "he that is not against you, is for you"; as this man; he was not against either Christ, or his disciples; he was doing the same work, promoting the same interest, and destroying the kingdom of Satan: and therefore, though he did not follow them, and had not his commission immediately from Christ; yet, inasmuch as he was opposing the same common enemy, and did nothing against them, he ought to be reckoned as one for them, and on their side. It is a proverbial expression, signifying that all that are not against a man, and take not the part of his enemy, are to be accounted his friends.

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Marco 9:40 In-Context

38 ALLORA Giovanni gli fece motto, dicendo: Maestro, noi abbiam veduto uno che cacciava i demoni nel nome tuo, il qual non ci seguita; e perciocchè egli non ci seguita, glielo abbiam divietato.
39 Ma Gesù disse: Non gliel divietate; imperocchè niuno può far potente operazione nel nome mio, e tosto appresso dir male di me.
40 Perciocchè chi non è contro a noi è per noi.
41 Imperocchè, chiunque vi avrà dato a bere pure un bicchier d’acqua, nel nome mio, perciocchè siete di Cristo, io vi dico in verità, ch’egli non perderà punto il suo premio.
42 E CHIUNQUE avrà scandalezzato uno di questi piccoli che credono in me, meglio per lui sarebbe che gli fosse messa intorno al collo una pietra da macina, e ch’egli fosse gettato in mare.
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