"Against you is for you" (καθ' υμων υπερ υμων). Mr 9:40 has "against us is for us" (ημων... ημων). The Koine Greek η and υ …

Jesus also said that no one could perform a miracle in his name and then lightly go and speak evil of him; so that it was for the good of the cause…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The devil lays plots of various kinds for those who love the best way of life. If he can gain possess…

This verse is proverbial in form. The man was not against Jesus. Apparently he had not yet joined the group of Jesus’ disciples but was probably “o…

And Jesus said unto him, forbid him not
"Or forbid not" him, or any other so doing:

for he that i…

This prediction of Christ's sufferings was plain enough, but the disciples would not understand it, because it did not agree with their notions. A …