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Mk 9:39b ... "for there is no one who will do a power in my name, and will be able quickly to speak evil of me."

The third and fourth phrases have these 15 dialog words ... oudeis gar estin hos poiēsei dunamin epi tō onomati mou kai dunēsetai tachu kakologēsai me ("no one for there is who will do a power in the name of me, and will be able quickly to speak evil of me").

The 15 dialog words are top down. This diagram shows five "powers" (equilateral triangles) inside the circle with the name "Jesus 8880." Only John is inside a "power." The rival excorcist is inside an empty triangle. Therefore he can't make any powers. The 5 words "kai dunēsetai tachu kakologēsai me" (and will be able quickly to speak evil of me) are internally tangent to the two powers (white triangles) tangent to the two dark triangles, the sign of the abstract noun "evil." One can see that the rival excorcist cannot easily speak into the triangles of evil or into a power tangent to an evil triangle.

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