Luke 9:53-55

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⁵³But the people there would not welcome Jesus because he was going toward Jerusalem. ⁵⁴James and John, the followers of Jesus, saw this. They said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven and destroy those people?”^[a]

⁵⁵But Jesus turned and criticized them for saying this.^[b]

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Footnotes

Luke 9:54 Some Greek copies add “as Elijah did?”
Luke 9:55 Some Greek copies add “And he said, ‘You don’t know what kind of spirit you belong to. ⁵⁶The Son of Man did not come to destroy people’s lives but to save them.’”