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54 James 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]

55 But Jesus turned and criticized them for saying this.[b] 56 Then he and his followers went to another town.

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Footnotes

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

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