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51 Now it happened that when the days were approaching {for him to be taken up}, he set [his] face to go to Jerusalem.
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51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
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52 And he sent messengers before {him}, and they went [and] entered into a village of the Samaritans in order to prepare for him.
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52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;
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53 And they did not welcome him because {he was determined to go} to Jerusalem.
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53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.
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54 Now [when] the disciples James and John saw [it], they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"
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54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them ?"
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55 But he turned around [and] rebuked them,
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55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them,
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56 and they proceeded to another village.
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56 and they went to another village.
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57 And [as] they were traveling on the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go!"
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57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
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58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [his] head."
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58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
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59 And he said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."
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59 He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
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60 But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead! But you go [and] proclaim the kingdom of God."
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60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
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61 And another [person] also said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say farewell to those in my house."
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61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family."
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