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A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

51 When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him; 53 but the people would not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to bid fire 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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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:54 Other ancient authorities add as Elijah did
  2. Luke 9:55 Other ancient authorities add and he said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men’s lives but to save them”

51 Now de when en the ho days hēmera of ho his autos ascension analēmpsis drew symplēroō near , · kai Jesus autos set stērizō his ho face prosōpon to ho go poreuō to eis Jerusalem Ierousalēm. 52 · kai He sent apostellō messengers angelos before pro his autos face prosōpon. · kai Having set poreuō off , they entered eiserchomai a village kōmē of the Samaritans Samaritēs, in hōs order to prepare hetoimazō for him autos. 53 But kai they did not ou receive dechomai him autos, because hoti · ho his autos face prosōpon was eimi set poreuō toward eis Jerusalem Ierousalēm. 54 Seeing · de this, his ho disciples mathētēs James Iakōbos and kai John Iōannēs said legō, “ Lord kyrios, do you want thelō us to tell legō fire pyr to come down katabainō from apo · ho heaven ouranos and kai consume analoō them autos?” 55 But de he turned strephō and rebuked epitimaō them autos, 56 and kai they moved poreuō on to eis another heteros village kōmē.

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