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Luke 9:53

World English Bible

They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set toward Jerusalem.

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Luke 9:53 in other translations

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.

Luke 9:53 · American Standard Version

Luke 9:53 in context

  1. 51It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem
  2. 52and sent messengers before his face. They went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
  3. 53They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set toward Jerusalem.
  4. 54When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”
  5. 55But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.