Mark 9:39-42

39 But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

40 "¹For he who is not against us is for us.

41 "For ²whoever * gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

42 "³Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better * for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 12:30; Luke 11:23
• 2. Matthew 10:42
• 3. Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:2; 1 Corinthians 8:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "on our side"
• [b]. Lit "in a name that you are Christ's"
• [c]. I.e. humble
• [d]. Lit "is better for him if a millstone turned by a donkey is hung"
• [e]. Lit "has been thrown"