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54 When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”[a]

55 But he turned and rebuked them. “You don’t know what kind of spirit is influencing you. 56 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy people’s souls, but to save them.”[b] Then they went to another village.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:54 Some witnesses to the text add just as Elijah did.
  2. Luke 9:56 Some witnesses to the text omit this quotation.