“And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.”
Teacher, said John, we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us — the interruption by John — one of the sons of thunder who wanted greatness — is ironic: immediately after the teaching about receiving the lowly, John reports that the disciples tried to stop someone doing the kingdom's work because he was not in their authorized group. The not one of us is the tribal exclusiveness that the kingdom's servant-of-all logic directly contradicts.
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