Departure for Jerusalem; Samaritan Inhospitality.51* When the days for his being taken up* were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,a52* and he sent messengers ahead of him.b On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there,53but they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.54When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”c55Jesus turned and rebuked them,56and they journeyed to another village. The Would-be Followers of Jesus.*57d As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”58Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”59And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “[Lord,] let me go first and bury my father.”60But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead.* But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”61e And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.”62[To him] Jesus said, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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