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John spoke up, "Master, we saw a man using your name to expel demons and we stopped him because he wasn't of our group."
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Jesus said, "Don't stop him. If he's not an enemy, he's an ally."
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When it came close to the time for his Ascension, he gathered up his courage and steeled himself for the journey to Jerusalem.
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He sent messengers on ahead. They came to a Samaritan village to make arrangements for his hospitality.
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But when the Samaritans learned that his destination was Jerusalem, they refused hospitality.
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When the disciples James and John learned of it, they said, "Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out of the sky and incinerate them?"
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Jesus turned on them: "Of course not!"
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And they traveled on to another village.
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On the road someone asked if he could go along. "I'll go with you, wherever," he said.
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Jesus was curt: "Are you ready to rough it? We're not staying in the best inns, you know."
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Jesus said to another, "Follow me." He said, "Certainly, but first excuse me for a couple of days, please. I have to make arrangements for my father's funeral."