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49 And John answered and said, Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name; and we forbad him, because he did not come with us, as your follower. 50 Jesus said to them, Do not forbid; for he who is not against you is for you. 51 And it happened, when the days to go up on his journey were fulfilled, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 So he sent messengers ahead of him; and they went away and entered into a Samaritan village, to prepare for him. 53 But they did not receive him, because his face was set to go straight to Jerusalem. 54 When his disciples James and John saw it, they said to him, Our Lord, would you be willing that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did? 55 He turned and rebuked them and said, You do not know of what spirit you are. 56 For the Son of man did not come to destroy lives, but to save. And they went to another village. 57 And while they were on the journey, a man said to him, My Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. 58 Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the fowl of the sky a shelter; but the Son of man has no place even to lay his head. 59 He said to another, Follow me; but he said to him, My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but you go and preach the kingdom of God. 61 Another one said to him, I will follow you, my Lord; but permit me first to entrust my household to some one, and then come. 62 Jesus said to him, No man who puts his hand on the plough handle, and looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:49-62, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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