Mark 9:41 (YLT)

Passage

for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

Nearby Context

Mark 9:39 And Jesus said, `Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me:

Mark 9:40 for he who is not against us is for us;

Mark 9:41 for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

Mark 9:42 and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

Mark 9:43 `And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire--the unquenchable--

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whoever", "give", "drink", "water", "name", "christ's", "verily", and "lose". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whoever" and "give", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "for he who is not against us..." into verse 42's "and whoever may cause to stumble one...", so "whoever" and "give" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "whoever" and "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.