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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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