LUKE 9:50 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “Don’t forbid people like him,” Yeshua replied, “because anyone who’s not against you all, is on your side.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But Jesus said to him, “Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

UST But Jesus told John, “Do not stop him from doing that! If someone is not doing something that is harmful to you, then what he is doing is helpful to you!”

BSB “[Do] not stop [him],” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”

MSB “[Do] not stop [him],” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against us is for us.[fn]”

BLB And Jesus said to him, "Do not forbid it; for whoever is not against us is for us."

AICNT Jesus said [to him],[fn] “Do not hinder [him].”[fn] For {whoever is not against you, is for you.}[fn]

9:50, to him: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(e)

9:50, him: Absent from some manuscripts. C(04) D(05)

9:50, whoever is not against you, is for you: 𝔓45 reads “it is not against you, nor for you.”

OEB ‘None of you must prevent him,’ Jesus said to John, ‘whoever is not against you is for you.’

WEBBE Jesus said to him, “Don’t forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

WMBB Yeshua said to him, “Don’t forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

NET But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

LSV and Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid, for he who is not against us, is for us.”

FBV “Don't stop him,” Jesus replied. “Anyone who isn't against you is for you.”

TCNT But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop [fn]him, for whoever is not against [fn]us is for us.”

9:50 him, for ¦ him, for he is not against you. For ANT

9:50 us is for us ¦ you is for you ANT CT

T4T But Jesus said to him and the other disciples, “Do not tell him not to do that! Remember that those who are not opposing you are trying to achieve the same goals that you are!”

LEB But Jesus said to him, “Do not prevent him,[fn] because whoever is not against you is for you.”

9:50 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.

Moff Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him; he who is not against you is for you."

Wymth "Do not forbid him," said Jesus, "for he who is not against you is on your side."

ASV But Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you.

DRA And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not; for he that is not against you, is for you.

YLT and Jesus said unto him, 'Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'

Drby And Jesus said to him, Forbid [him] not, for he that is not against you is for you.

RV But Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you.

SLT And Jesus said, Hinder him not: for who is not against us is for us.

Wbstr And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us, is for us.

KJB-1769 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

KJB-1611 And Iesus said vnto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against vs, is for vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And Iesus sayde vnto hym, Forbyd ye hym not: For he that is not against vs, is with vs.
(And Yesus/Yeshua said unto him, Forbyd ye/you_all him not: For he that is not against us, is with us.)

Gnva Then Iesus saide vnto him, Forbid ye him not: for he that is not against vs, is with vs.
(Then Yesus/Yeshua said unto him, Forbid ye/you_all him not: for he that is not against us, is with us. )

Cvdl And Iesus saide vnto him: For byd him not, for he that is not agaynst vs, is for vs.
(And Yesus/Yeshua said unto him: For bid him not, for he that is not against us, is for us.)

TNT And Iesus sayde vnto him: forbyd ye him not. For he that is not agaynst vs is with vs.
(And Yesus/Yeshua said unto him: forbid ye/you_all him not. For he that is not against us is with us. )

Wycl And Jhesus seide to hym, Nyle ye forbede, for he that is not ayens vs, is for vs.
(And Yhesus said to him, Not/Don’t ye/you_all forbede, for he that is not against us, is for us.)

Luth Und JEsus sprach zu ihm: Wehret ihm nicht; denn wer nicht wider uns ist, der ist für uns.
(And Yesus spoke to/for him: Wehret him not; because/than who not against us/to_us/ourselves is, the/of_the is for/in_favour_of us/to_us/ourselves.)

ClVg Et ait ad illum Jesus: Nolite prohibere: qui enim non est adversum vos, pro vobis est.[fn]
(And he_said to him Yesus: Don't to_prohibit: who/which because not/no it_is against you(pl), for to_you(pl) it_is. )

9.50 Nolite prohibere. Qui enim. Non reprehenditur Joannes quia amore faciebat, sed docetur ut noverit infirmorum esse firmorumque distantiam, quia Dominus, etsi remunerat fortiores, non excludit infirmos.

9.50 Don't to_prohibit. Who because. Not/No reprehenditur Yoannes because with_love he_was_doing, but teachesur as noverit infirmorum to_be firmorumque distancem, because Master, even_though remunerat strongeres, not/no excludit sick.

UGNT εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, μὴ κωλύετε; ὃς γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν καθ’ ὑμῶν, ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν.
(eipen de pros auton ho Yaʸsous, maʸ kōluete; hos gar ouk estin kath’ humōn, huper humōn estin.)

SBL-GNT ⸂εἶπεν δὲ⸃ πρὸς αὐτὸν ⸀ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Μὴ κωλύετε, ὃς γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν καθʼ ⸂ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν⸃ ἐστιν.
(⸂eipen de⸃ pros auton ⸀ho Yaʸsous; Maʸ kōluete, hos gar ouk estin kathʼ ⸂humōn huper humōn⸃ estin.)

RP-GNT Καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μὴ κωλύετε· ὃς γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν καθ' ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐστιν.
(Kai eipen pros auton ho Yaʸsous, Maʸ kōluete; hos gar ouk estin kath' haʸmōn huper haʸmōn estin.)

TC-GNT [fn]Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν [fn]ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μὴ [fn]κωλύετε· ὃς γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι καθ᾽ [fn]ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐστιν.
(Kai eipe pros auton ho Yaʸsous, Maʸ kōluete; hos gar ouk esti kath haʸmōn huper haʸmōn estin. )

9:50 και ειπε ¦ ειπε δε CT

9:50 ο ¦ — WH

9:50 κωλυετε ¦ κωλυετε ου γαρ εστι καθ υμων ANT

9:50 ημων υπερ ημων ¦ υμων υπερ υμων ANT CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:49–50: Jesus told who is for him and who is against him

The connection of this section to the previous section is probably in the phrase “in my name.” In the previous Section 9:46–48, Jesus taught his disciples that a truly great person was one who humbly welcomed even a little child in his name. In this section, the disciple John responded that he and the other disciples had tried to stop a man from expelling demons in Jesus’ name. They did this because the man was not one of the twelve disciples. Jesus then taught them that anyone who did not oppose them was on their side.

Some other examples of headings for this section are:

Whoever Is Not against You Is for You (GNT)

Those who do not oppose you help you

There is a parallel passage for this section in Mark 9:38–40.

9:50a

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied,

But Jesus said, “Do^(plur) not stop him,
Jesus replied, “Do^(plur) not forbid people like him from using my name to do that,

Jesus replied In Greek this verse is literally “And/But Jesus said to him.” Jesus told John that they should not stop the man. Introduce Jesus’ words in a natural way in your language.

The Greek text specifies “to him.” Most English versions include these words. However, the verb phrase “Do not stop” is plural. This indicates that Jesus addressed this phrase not only to John but also to the other disciples. Another way to translate this is:

Jesus said to him and to the other disciples (GNT)

The BSB says only Jesus replied. It does not specify to whom Jesus was talking. Consider whether you need to make this information explicit in your translation.

Do not stop him: The command Do not stop is in the present tense in Greek. In this context, this tense indicates a general principle: “Do not be stopping.” You should translate this as a general principle. For example:

Do not stop people like him.

stop him: As in 9:49b, it may be necessary to say explicitly what action was stopped. If this is true in your language, use an expression that is similar to the expression in 9:49b.

Jesus replied: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as Jesus replied is literally “Jesus said.” In some languages it may be more natural to translate the clause the way the BSB does, since Jesus responded to what John said. See the note at the beginning of 9:50a.

In Greek, these words occur at the beginning of 9:50. Most English versions put them there. The BSB places the words Jesus replied in the middle of Jesus’ response. Place the clause that introduces the quote where it is natural in your language.

9:50b

“for whoever is not against you is for you.”

because anyone who is not opposing you^(plur) is helping you.”
because whoever is not against you^(plur) is on your side.”
because anyone who is not your^(plur) enemy is your friend.”

for: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as for introduces the reason/basis for the command in 9:50a.

For a way to change the order of 9:50a–b, see the General Comment on 9:50a–b below.

whoever is not against you is for you: This expression states that there are two groups of people:

Those who are for Jesus.
Those who are against Jesus.

All people are in one of these two groups. So if someone is not against you, then he is for you. The pronoun you refers primarily to Jesus’ disciples. The parallel verse in Mark 9:40 uses the pronoun “us,” referring to both Jesus and his disciples, but Luke focused here on the disciples. Some other ways to translate this are:

The man who is not against you is on your side. (JBP)

the person who is not your enemy is your friend

General Comment on 9:50a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to put the basis for Jesus’ command (9:50b) before the command (9:50a). For example:

^50bWhoever is not against you is for you. ^50aSo/Therefore do not stop him.

Another major division of the Gospel of Luke begins here at 9:51 and continues through 19:27. Jesus, with his disciples, started on a trip from Galilee to Jerusalem. They went through the districts of Samaria and Perea and entered the district of Judea on the way to Jerusalem.

Parallel LUKE 9:50

Section 9:49–50: Jesus told who is for him and who is against him

9:50a

9:50b

General Comment on 9:50a–b