51 When the days were approaching for (A)His [a]ascension, He [b]was determined (B)to go to Jerusalem; 52 and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the (C)Samaritans to [c]make arrangements for Him. 53 And they did not receive Him, (D)because [d]He was traveling toward Jerusalem. 54 When His disciples (E)James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to (F)command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” 55 But He turned and rebuked them.[e] 56 And they went on to another village.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:51 Lit taking up
  2. Luke 9:51 Lit set His face
  3. Luke 9:52 Or prepare
  4. Luke 9:53 Lit His face was proceeding toward
  5. Luke 9:55 Some late mss add: and said, “You do not know of what kind of spirit you are; for the Son of Man did not come to destroy people’s lives, but to save them.”

10 But when His (A)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as though in secret.

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