38. John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But he wasn't one of us, and we told him to stop.”
39. Jesus said to his disciples:Don't stop him! No one who performs miracles in my name is going to say something bad about me the next minute.
40. Anyone who isn't against us is for us.
41. And anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name, just because you belong to me, will surely be rewarded.
42. It will be terrible for people who cause even one of my little followers to sin. Those people would be better off thrown into the sea with a heavy stone tied around their necks.
43-44. So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! You would be better off to go into life crippled than to have two hands and be thrown into the fires of hell that never go out.