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54 When James and John, followers of Jesus, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven and destroy those people?”[a]

55 But Jesus turned and scolded them. [And Jesus said, “You don’t know what kind of spirit you belong to. 56 The Son of Man did not come to destroy the souls of people but to save them.”][b] Then they went to another town.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:54 people Some Greek copies continue “as Elijah did.”
  2. 9:55–56 And . . . them.” Some Greek copies do not contain the bracketed text.

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