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Luke 9:46-56
English Standard Version
Luke 9:46-56
English Standard Version
Who Is the Greatest?
46 (A)An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47 But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side 48 and said to them, (B)“Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and (C)whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For (D)he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”
Anyone Not Against Us Is For Us
49 (E)John answered, “Master, we saw someone (F)casting out demons in your name, and (G)we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.” 50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, (H)for the one who is not against you is for you.”
A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus
51 When the days drew near for (I)him to be taken up, (J)he set his face (K)to go to Jerusalem. 52 And (L)he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of (M)the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53 But (N)the people did not receive him, because (O)his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell (P)fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”[a] 55 But he turned and rebuked them.[b] 56 And they went on to another village.
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ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:46-56
SBL Greek New Testament
ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:46-56
SBL Greek New Testament
46 Εἰσῆλθεν δὲ διαλογισμὸς ἐν αὐτοῖς, τὸ τίς ἂν εἴη μείζων αὐτῶν. 47 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς [a]εἰδὼς τὸν διαλογισμὸν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν ἐπιλαβόμενος [b]παιδίον ἔστησεν αὐτὸ παρ’ ἑαυτῷ, 48 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὃς [c]ἂν δέξηται τοῦτο τὸ παιδίον ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐμὲ δέχεται, καὶ ὃς [d]ἂν ἐμὲ δέξηται δέχεται τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με· ὁ γὰρ μικρότερος ἐν πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ὑπάρχων οὗτός [e]ἐστιν μέγας.
49 Ἀποκριθεὶς [f]δὲ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν· Ἐπιστάτα, εἴδομέν τινα [g]ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια, καὶ [h]ἐκωλύομεν αὐτὸν ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθ’ ἡμῶν. 50 [i]εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν [j]ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Μὴ κωλύετε, ὃς γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν καθ’ [k]ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν.
51 Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ἀναλήμψεως αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ [l]πρόσωπον [m]ἐστήρισεν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, 52 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. καὶ πορευθέντες εἰσῆλθον εἰς κώμην Σαμαριτῶν, [n]ὡς ἑτοιμάσαι αὐτῷ· 53 καὶ οὐκ ἐδέξαντο αὐτόν, ὅτι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἦν πορευόμενον εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ. 54 ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ [o]μαθηταὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης εἶπαν· Κύριε, θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι [p]αὐτούς; 55 στραφεὶς δὲ ἐπετίμησεν [q]αὐτοῖς. 56 [r]καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς ἑτέραν κώμην.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:47 εἰδὼς WH NIV ] ἰδὼν Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:47 παιδίον WH Treg NIV ] παιδίου RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:48 *ἂν WH ] ἐὰν Treg NIV RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:48 *ἂν WH NIV ] ἐὰν Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:48 ἐστιν WH Treg NIV ] ἔσται RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:49 δὲ WH Treg NIV ] + ὁ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:49 ἐν WH Treg NIV ] ἐπὶ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:49 ἐκωλύομεν WH NIV ] ἐκωλύσαμεν Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:50 εἶπεν δὲ WH Treg NIV ] Καὶ εἶπεν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:50 ὁ Treg NIV RP ] – WH
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:50 ὑμῶν … ὑμῶν WH Treg NIV ] ἡμῶν … ἡμῶν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:51 πρόσωπον WH NIV ] + αὐτοῦ Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:51 ἐστήρισεν WH Treg NIV ] ἐστήριξεν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:52 ὡς WH NIV ] ὥστε Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:54 μαθηταὶ WH NIV ] + αὐτοῦ Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:54 αὐτούς WH Treg NIV ] + ὡς καὶ Ἠλίας ἐποίησεν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:55 αὐτοῖς WH Treg NIV ] αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἶπεν, Οὐκ οἰδατε οἵου πνεύματός ἐστε ὑμεῖς RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 9:56 καὶ WH Treg NIV ] ὁ γὰρ ὑιὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπων ἀπολέσαι, ἀλλὰ σῶσαι. Καὶ RP
Luke 9:46-56
New International Version
Luke 9:46-56
New International Version
46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.(A) 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts,(B) took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48 Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.(C) For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”(D)
49 “Master,”(E) said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
50 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”(F)
Samaritan Opposition
51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven,(G) Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.(H) 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan(I) village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John(J) saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them[a]?”(K) 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.
Footnotes
- Luke 9:54 Some manuscripts them, just as Elijah did
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