Luke 9:46-56

New King James Version

Who Is the Greatest?^(A)

^46 (B)Then a dispute arose among them as to which of them would be greatest. ⁴⁷ And Jesus, ^(C)perceiving the thought of their heart, took a ^(D)little child and set him by Him, ⁴⁸ and said to them, ^(E)“Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and ^(F)whoever receives Me ^(G)receives Him who sent Me. ^(H)For he who is least among you all will be great.”

Jesus Forbids Sectarianism^(I)

^49 (J)Now John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”

⁵⁰ But Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for ^(K)he who is not against ^[a]us is on ^[b]our side.”

A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior

⁵¹ Now it came to pass, when the time had come for ^(L)Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, ⁵² and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. ⁵³ But ^(M)they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And when His disciples ^(N)James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, ^[c]just as ^(O)Elijah did?”

⁵⁵ But He turned and rebuked them, ^[d]and said, “You do not know what manner of ^(P)spirit you are of. ^56 [e]For ^(Q)the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.