Luke 9:52-54

Expanded Bible

⁵² He sent some messengers ahead of him, who went into a town in Samaria to make everything ready for him. ⁵³ But the people there would not ·welcome [receive] him, because he was ·set on going to [heading towards; ^Ltraveling with his face toward] Jerusalem [^CSamaritans worshiped at Mount Gerizim, not in Jerusalem]. ⁵⁴ When James and John, ·followers [disciples] of Jesus, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven and ·destroy [burn up; consume] those people^[a] [2 Kin. 1:10]?”