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Luke 9:56

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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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  1. 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?

  2. Luke 9:55

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

  3. Luke 9:57

    And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

  4. Luke 9:58

    And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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