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52 He sent messengers ahead of him. They went into a Samaritan village to arrange a place for him to stay. 53 But the people didn't welcome him, because he was on his way to Jerusalem. 54 James and John, his disciples, saw this. They asked, |Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?| 55 But he turned and corrected them. 56 So they went to another village. 57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to Jesus, |I'll follow you wherever you go.| 58 Jesus told him, |Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to sleep.| 59 He told another man, |Follow me!| But the man said, |Sir, first let me go to bury my father.| 60 But Jesus told him, |Let the dead bury their own dead. You must go everywhere and tell about the kingdom of God.| 61 Another said, |I'll follow you, sir, but first let me tell my family goodbye.| 62 Jesus said to him, |Whoever starts to plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God.| Luke 9:52-62, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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