36. Then Jesus took a small child and had him stand among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said,
37. “Whoever accepts a child like this in my name accepts me. And whoever accepts me accepts the One who sent me.”
38. Then John said, “Teacher, we saw someone using your name to force demons out of a person. We told him to stop, because he does not belong to our group.”
39. But Jesus said, “Don’t stop him, because anyone who uses my name to do powerful things will not easily say evil things about me.
40. Whoever is not against us is with us.
41. I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a drink of water because you belong to the Christ will truly get his reward.