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 \s5
 \v 38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we stopped him, because he does not follow us."
-\v 39 But Jesus said, "Do not stop him. For no one able to do a mighty work in my name will soon be able to say anything bad about me.
+\v 39 But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name and can soon afterwards say anything bad about me.
 
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 \v 40 Whoever is not against us is for us.