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“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
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“Do not stop him,” Jesus said,
“for whoever is not against you is for you.”
Samaritan Opposition
51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
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And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;
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but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.
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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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But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
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Then he and his disciples went to another village.
The Cost of Following Jesus
57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
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Jesus replied,
“Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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He said to another man,
“Follow me.”But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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Jesus said to him,
“Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”