Luke 9:49-51

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Another Exorcist

⁴⁹John answered, “Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.” ⁵⁰But Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him; for he that is not against you is for you.”

A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

⁵¹When the days drew near for him to be received up,^[a] he set his face to go to Jerusalem.^[b]

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Footnotes

9.51 received up: i.e., into heaven; cf. 2 Kings 2.9-11; Acts 1.2, 11. The term here includes his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension.
9.51 Here begins the “Travel Narrative” of Luke, which continues up to the passion.

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