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Luke 9:54

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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?

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  1. 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.

  2. Luke 9:53

    And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

  3. Luke 9:55

    But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

  4. Luke 9:56

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.