Mark 9:38 meaning and explanation

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

Mark 9:38, Berean Standard Bible

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John, one of Jesus' inner three, reports what the disciples did on their own. They saw a man driving out demons by invoking Jesus' name and tried to stop him, not because he was failing or false, but simply because he was not traveling with them.

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