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Luke 9:54

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52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.Select Luke 9:52

53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.Select Luke 9:53

54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?Select Luke 9:54

55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.Select Luke 9:55

56For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.Select Luke 9:56

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9:54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

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9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?

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