Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Luke by R F Weymouth
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not come with us."
009:050 "Do not forbid him," said Jesus, "for he who is not against you is on your side." 009:051 Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven, He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem, and sent messengers before Him. 009:052 They went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for Him. 009:053 But the people there would not receive Him, because He was evidently going to Jerusalem. 009:054 When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?" 009:055 But He turned and rebuked them. 009:056 And they went to another village. 009:057 And, as they proceeded on their way, a man came to Him and said, "I will follow you wherever you go." 009:058 "The foxes have holes," said Jesus, "and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." 009:059 "Follow me," He said to another. "Master," the man replied, "allow me first to go and bury my father." 009:060 "Leave the dead," Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God." 009:061 "Master," said yet another, "I will follow you; but allow me first to go and say good-bye to my friends at home." 009:062 Jesus answered him, "No one who has put his hand to the plough, and then looks behind him, is fit for the Kingdom of God. 010:001 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which |
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