A moment in scripture
Luke 9:53
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And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 9:51
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
- Luke 9:52
And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
- Luke 9:54
And 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?
- Luke 9:55
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.