50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not prevent him,[a] because whoever is not against you is for you.”

Jesus Rejected in a Samaritan Village

51 Now it happened that when the days were approaching for him to be taken up,[b] he set his[c] face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers before him,[d] and they went and[e] entered into a village of the Samaritans in order to prepare for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:50 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Luke 9:51 Literally “of his taking up”
  3. Luke 9:51 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. Luke 9:52 Literally “his face”
  5. Luke 9:52 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb