Luke 9:53-55

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⁵³But they did not welcome him, because he determined to journey to Jerusalem.^(A) ⁵⁴When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” ^[a]^(B)

⁵⁵But he turned and rebuked them,^[b]

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Footnotes

9:54 Other mss add as Elijah also did
9:55–56 Other mss add and said, “You don’t know what kind of spirit you belong to. ⁵⁶For the Son of Man did not come to destroy people’s lives but to save them,”

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