Luke 9:53-55

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⁵³But they were turned away! The people of the village refused to have anything to do with them because they were headed for Jerusalem.^[a]

⁵⁴When word came back of what had happened, James and John said to Jesus, “Master, shall we order fire down from heaven to burn them up?” ⁵⁵But Jesus turned and rebuked them,^[b]

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Footnotes

Luke 9:53 A typical case of discrimination (compare John 4:9). The Jews called the Samaritans “half-breeds,” so the Samaritans naturally hated the Jews.
Luke 9:55 Later manuscripts add to vv. 55-56, “And Jesus said, ‘You don’t realize what your hearts are like. For the Son of Man has not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.’”