Do not try to stop him. They had tried to stop him, but had not succeeded. Jesus neither praises nor condemns the man for going his own way and not working with the twelve. Johnson says: "He simply declares that he must not be forbidden, and that those who work the same kind of work that we do should be regarded, not as enemies, but allies." See notes on Philippians 1:15-18. Note that anyone who does not help Christ gather is really scattering (Matthew 12:30).

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