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John replied, "Master, we saw someone forcing demons out of a person by using the power and authority of your name. We tried to stop him because he was not one of us."
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Jesus said to him, "Don't stop him! Whoever isn't against you is for you."
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The time was coming closer for Jesus to be taken to heaven. So he was determined to go to Jerusalem.
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He sent messengers ahead of him. They went into a Samaritan village to arrange a place for him to stay.
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But the people didn't welcome him, because he was on his way to Jerusalem.
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James and John, his disciples, saw this. They asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?"
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But he turned and corrected them.
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So they went to another village.
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As they were walking along the road, a man said to Jesus, "I'll follow you wherever you go."
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Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to sleep."
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He told another man, "Follow me!" But the man said, "Sir, first let me go to bury my father."