Mark 9:39

³⁹“Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,n

Mark 9 is a hinge chapter in the Gospel, moving from the dazzling revelation of Jesus’ divine glory on the mountain of transfiguration to the gritty reality of human brokenness at its base. The chapter confronts the disciples’ failure to cast out a demon, Jesus’ second prediction of