36 Then Jesus took a small child and stood the child in front of the followers. He held the child in his arms and said,
37 “Whoever accepts children like these in my name is accepting me. And anyone who accepts me is also accepting the one who sent me.”
38 Then John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of someone. He is not one of us. So we told him to stop, because he does not belong to our group.”
39 Jesus said, “Don’t stop him. Whoever uses my name to do powerful things will not soon say bad things about me.
40 Whoever is not against us is with us.
41 I can assure you that anyone who helps you by giving you a drink of water because you belong to the Messiah will definitely get a reward.
42 “If one of these little children believes in me, and someone causes that child to sin, it will be very bad for that person. It would be better for them to have a millstone tied around their neck and be drowned in the sea.