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53 But the people[a] would not welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. 54 When his disciples James and John observed this rejection,[b] they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”[c] 55 But he turned and rebuked them,[d]

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  1. Luke 9:53 Lit. they
  2. Luke 9:54 The Gk. lacks rejection
  3. Luke 9:54 Other mss. read them, as Elijah did?”
  4. Luke 9:55 Other mss. read them, saying, “You don’t know what kind of spirit you are! 56 For the son of man did not come to destroy the souls of men, but to save them.”