49. John answered, “Master, we saw someone using your name to force demons out of people. We told him to stop because he does not belong to our group.”
50. Jesus said to him, “Don’t stop him. If a person is not against you, then he is for you.”
51. The time was coming near when Jesus would leave and be taken to heaven. He was determined to go to Jerusalem
52. and sent some men ahead of him. The men went into a town in Samaria to make everything ready for Jesus.
53. But the people there would not welcome him because he was going toward Jerusalem.
54. James and John, the followers of Jesus, saw this. They said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven and destroy those people?”
55. But Jesus turned and scolded them. [And Jesus said, “You don’t know what kind of spirit you belong to.
56. The Son of Man did not come to destroy the souls of men but to save them.”] Then he and his followers went to another town.
57. They were all going along the road. Someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you any place you go.”
58. Jesus answered, “The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests to live in. But the Son of Man has no place to rest his head.”
59. Jesus said to another man, “Follow me!”But the man said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60. But Jesus said to him, “Let the people who are dead bury their own dead! You must go and tell about the kingdom of God.”