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And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,
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and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,
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and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.
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And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou [that] we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'
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and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;
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for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village.
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And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'
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and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'
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And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'
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and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'
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And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'
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and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'