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1 တနည်းကား၊ နံ့သာပေါင်းကို မီးရှို့စရာ ယဇ်ပလ္လင်ကို အကာရှသားနှင့် လုပ်ရမည်။

2 ထိုပလ္လင်သည် အလျားတတောင်၊ အနံတတောင်၊ စတုရန်းလေးထောင့်ဖြစ်၍၊ အမြင့်နှစ်တောင်ရှိ ရမည်။ ဦးချိုတို့ကိုလည်း အကာရှသားဖြင့် ပြီးစေရမည်။

3 ပလ္လင်ထိပ်၊ နံရံ၊ ဦးချိုတို့ကို ရွှေစင်နှင့် မွမ်းမံ၍၊ အပေါ်နားပတ်လည်၌ ကွပ်သော ရွှေတန်ဆာကိုလည်း လုပ်ရမည်။

4 ရွှေတန်ဆာအောက်၊ ပလ္လင်တဘက်တချက်ထောင့်၌ ရွှေကွင်းနှစ်ကွင်းကို လုပ်၍၊ ပလ္လင်ထမ်းစရာ ထမ်းဘိုးနေရာ ဖြစ်ရမည်။

5 ထမ်းဘိုးတို့ကို အကာရှသားနှင့် လုပ်၍ ရွှေနှင့်မွမ်းမံခံရမည်။

6 ငါသည် သင်နှင့်တွေ့ရာအရပ်၊ သက်သေခံချက် ထားသောသေတ္တာကို ကာသော ကုလားကာရှေ့၌ ထိုပလ္လင်ကို ထားရမည်။

7 အာရုန်သည် နံနက်တိုင်း မီးခွက်တို့ကို ပြင်သောအခါ၊ ထိုပလ္လင်ပေါ်မှာ မွှေးသော နံ့သာပေါင်းကို ရှို့ရမည်။

8 ညဦးယံ၌လည်း မီးခွက်တို့ကို ထွန်းသောအခါ၊ ထိုပလ္လင်ပေါ်မှာ နံ့သာပေါင်းကို ရှို့ရမည်။ ထိုသို့ သင်တို့ သားစဉ်မြေးဆက်တို့သည် ထာဝရဘုရား ရှေ့တော်၌ အစဉ်အမြဲ ပြုရသော နံ့သာ ပေါင်းရှို့ခြင်း ဖြစ်သတည်း။

9 ထိုပလ္လင်ပေါ်မှာ ထူးခြားသော နံ့သာပေါင်းကို မရှို့ရ။ မီးရှို့သော ယဇ်ကို မပြုရ။ ဘောဇဉ် ပူဇော်သက္ကာကိုလည်း မပြုရ။ သွန်းလောင်းရာ ပူဇော်သက္ကာကိုလည်း မပြုရ။

10 အာရုန်သည် တနှစ်တခါ အပြစ်ဖြေရာယဇ် ကောင်းအသွေးကိုယူ၍၊ ထိုပလ္လင်၏ ဦးချိုတို့၌ အပြစ်ဖြေခြင်း မင်္ဂလာကို ပြုရမည်။ သင်တို့ သားစဉ်မြေးဆက်တို့သည် တနှစ်တခါ ထိုသို့ ပြုရ ကြမည်။ ထာဝရဘုရားအား အလွန်သန့်ရှင်းသော ယဇ်ပလ္လင်ဖြစ်သည်။

11 တဖန် ထာဝရဘုရားသည်၊ မောရှေအား မိန့်တော်မူသည်ကား၊

12 ဣသရေလအမျိုးသားတို့ကို ရေတွက်၍ စာရင်းယူသောအခါ၊ ဘေးလွတ်မည်အကြောင်း ရှိသမျှ တို့သည် အသီးအသီး မိမိအသက်ရွေးရန် အဘိုးကို ထာဝရဘုရားအား ဆက်ကပ်ရမည်။

13 ရေတွက်၍ စာရင်းဝင်သော သူအပေါင်းတို့သည် အကျပ်တော်အလိုက်၊ ငွေအကျပ်တဝက်စီ ထာဝရဘုရားအား ဆက်ကပ်ရမည်။ အကျပ်ကား၊ ဂေရ နှစ်ဆယ်ဖြစ်သတည်း။

14 အသက်နှစ်ဆယ်မှစ၍၊ ပိုလွန်သောသူ အပေါင်းတို့သည် စာရင်းဝင်၍၊ ထိုသို့သော ပူဇော်သက္ကာကို ထာဝရဘုရား အားပြုရမည်။

15 ကိုယ်အသက်ကို ရွေးခြင်းငှါ၊ ထာဝရဘုရားအား ပူဇော်သက္ကာကို ပြုသောအခါ၊ ငွေရတတ်သော သူတို့သည် မပို၊ ဆင်းရဲသော သူတို့သည် မလျှော့ဘဲ၊ လူတိုင်း အကျပ်တဝက်စီ ပေးရမည်။

16 ဣသရေလအမျိုးသားတို့၏ အရွေးငွေကို ယူ၍ သူတို့အသက်ကို ရွေးခြင်းငှာ၊ ထာဝရဘုရားရှေ့တော်၌ ဣသရေလအမျိုးသားတို့၏ သက်သေဖြစ်ရမည်အကြောင်း၊ ပရိသတ်စည်းဝေးရာ တဲတော်စရိတ်အဘို့ အလိုငှာ ထားရမည်ဟု မိန့်တော်မူ၏။

17 တဖန် ထာဝရဘုရားသည်၊ မောရှေအား မိန့်တော်မူသည်ကား၊

18 အာရုန်နှင့် သူ၏သားတို့ လက်ခြေဆေးစရာဘို့ ကြေးဝါခြေထောက်ပါသော ကြေးဝါအင်တုံကို လုပ်၍၊ ပရိသတ်စည်းဝေးရာ တဲတော်နှင့် ယဇ်ပလ္လင်စပ်ကြား၌ ထားရမည်။

19 သူတို့သည် ပရိသတ်စည်းဝေးရာ တဲတော်သို့ ဝင်သော်၎င်း၊၊

20 အမှုတော်ကို ထမ်း၍ ထာဝရဘုရားအား မီးရှို့သောယဇ်ကို ပူဇော်ခြင်းငှာ၊ ယဇ်ပလ္လင်အနားသို့ ချဉ်းကပ်သော်၎င်း၊

21 သေဘေးနှင့် ကင်းလွတ်မည်အကြောင်း၊ မိမိတို့လက်ခြေကို ဆေးရမည်။ ထိုသို့သူတို့နှင့် သူတို့အမျိုး အနွယ်အစဉ်အဆက်တို့သည် စောင့်ရသော ပညတ်တော်ဖြစ်သတည်းဟု မိန့်တော်မူ၏။

22 တဖန် ထာဝရဘုရားသည်၊ မောရှေအား မိန့်တော်မူပြန်သည်ကား၊

23 သင်သည် မြတ်သောနံ့သာမျိုးကို အကျပ်တော်နှင့်ချိန်လျက်၊ စင်ကြယ်သော မုရန်စေး အကျပ်ငါးရာ၊ မွှေးသော သစ်ကြံပိုးနှစ်ရာငါးဆယ်မွှေးသောကြံနှစ်ရာငါးဆယ်

24 သစ်ကြံပိုးတမျိုးငါးရာ၊ သံလွင်ဆီဟိန်ကို ယူ၍၊

25 ဆေးသမားအတတ်နှင့် ဖယောင်းဆီကို ဘော်တတ်သည်အတိုင်း၊ လိမ်းရန်ဆီတည်းဟူသော သန့်ရှင်းသော နံ့သာဆီကို ဘော်ပြီးမှ၊

26 ပရိသတ်စည်းဝေးရာ တဲတော်နှင့် သက်သေခံချက်သေတ္တာကို၎င်း၊

27 စားပွဲနှင့် စားပွဲတန်ဆာရှိသမျှကို၎င်း၊ မီးခုံနှင့် မီးခုံတန်ဆာကို၎င်း၊ နံ့သာပေါင်းရှို့သောပလ္လင်၊

28 မီးရှို့ရာ ယဇ်ပူဇော်သောပလ္လင်နှင့် ပလ္လင်တန်ဆာရှိသမျှကို၎င်း၊ အင်တုံနှင့် အင်တုံခြေထောက်ကို၎င်း၊ ထိုနံ့သာဆီနှင့် လိမ်းသဖြင့်၊

29 ထိုအရာတို့ကို အလွန်သန့်ရှင်းစေခြင်းငှာ၊ ထိုသို့ သန့်ရှင်းစေရမည်။ ထိုအရာတို့နှင့် တွေ့သမျှသော အရာသည် သန့်ရှင်းသောအရာဖြစ်ရမည်။

30 အာရုန်နှင့် သူ၏သားတို့ကို လိမ်း၍၊ သူတို့သည် ငါ့ရှေ့၌ ယဇ်ပုရောဟိတ်အမှုကို ဆောင်စေခြင်းငှာ၊ ယဇ်ပုရောဟိတ်အရာ၌ ခန့်ထားရမည်။

31 ဣသရေလအမျိုးသားတို့အား ဆင့်ဆိုရမည်မှာ၊ သင်တို့သားစဉ်မြေးဆက်အပေါင်းတို့၌ ဤဆီသည်၊ ငါ့အဘို့ သန့်ရှင်းသော လိမ်းရန်ဆီ ဖြစ်ရမည်။

32 လူ၏ကိုယ်ပေါ်မှာ မလောင်းရ။ ထိုဆီကို ဘော်သည်နည်းတူ၊ အခြားသောဆီကို မဘော်ရ။ သန့်ရှင်းသည်ဖြစ်၍၊ သန့်ရှင်းသည်ဟု သင်တို့သည် မှတ်ရမည်။

33 ထိုဆီနှင့်တူအောင် ဘော်သောသူ၊ မဆိုင်သောလူ၌ လိမ်းသောသူမည်သည်ကား၊ မိမိအမျိုးမှ ပယ်ရှင်းခြင်းကို ခံရမည်ဟု မိန့်တော်မူ၏။

34 တဖန် ထာဝရဘုရားသည်၊ မောရှေအား မိန့်တော်မူသည်ကား၊ မွှေးသော နံ့သာမျိုးတည်းဟူသော နတပ်စေး၊ မွှေးသော ငါးခွံ၊ ဂါလဗန်စေး၊ စင်သော လောဗန်စေးတို့ကို အညီအမျှ ချိန်ယူ၍၊

35 ဆေးသမားအတတ်နှင့် နှာဆေးကို ဘော်တတ်သည်နည်းတူ ရောနှော၍၊ သန့်ရှင်းစင်ကြယ်သော နံ့သာပေါင်းကို ဘော်ရမည်။

36 အချို့ကိုလည်း ညက်ညက်ထောင်းပြီးမှ၊ ငါသည် သင်နှင့်တွေ့ရာအရပ်၊ ပရိသတ်စည်းဝေးရာတဲတော်၌ သက်သေခံချက်ရှေ့မှာ ထားရမည်။ သင်တို့တွင် အလွန်သန့်ရှင်းရမည်။

37 ထိုသို့သော နံ့သာပေါင်းကို ဘော်သည်နည်းတူ၊ အခြားသော နံ့သာပေါင်းကို ကိုယ်သုံးဘို့ မဘော်ရ။ သင်တို့တွင် ထာဝရဘုရားအဘို့ သန့်ရှင်းရမည်။

38 အကြင်သူသည် မိမိရှို့စရာဘို့ ထိုနံ့သာပေါင်းနှင့် တူအောင်ဘော်၏။ ထိုသူသည် မိမိအမျိုးမှ ပယ်ရှင်းခြင်းကို ခံရမည်ဟု မိန့်တော်မူ၏။

   

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9229. 'And men of holiness shall you be to Me' means a state of life then composed of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'men of holiness' as those who are led by the Lord, for the Divine which emanates from the Lord is holiness itself, 6788, 7499, 8127 (end), 8302, 8806. Consequently those who receive that emanation in faith and also in love are called holy ones. Anyone who imagines that a person is holy from any other source, or that anything present with a person is holy apart from that which comes and is received from the Lord is very much mistaken; for that which is the person's own, and is called his proprium, is evil.

The human proprium is nothing but evil, see 210, 215, 694, 874-876, 987, 1047, 4328, 5660, 5786, 8480, 8944.

To the extent that a person can be withheld from his proprium, the Lord can be present with him, and therefore to the same extent holiness resides with him, 1023, 1044, 1581, 2256, 2388, 2406, 2411, 8206, 8393, 8988 (end), 9014.

[2] The truth that the Lord is the Only Holy One, and that nothing is holy except that which emanates from the Lord, and so that which a person receives from the Lord, is evident from everywhere in the Word, as in John,

I make Myself holy, that they also may be made holy in the truth. John 17:19.

'Making Himself holy' means making Himself Divine by His own power. Consequently those who receive Divine Truth emanating from the Lord in faith and life are said to be 'made holy in the truth'.

[3] This also explains why after the Resurrection, when the Lord spoke to the disciples, He breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit, John 20:22. 'Breathing on (or into)' was a sign that represented the imparting of life through faith and love, as also in Genesis,

Jehovah breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man (homo) became a living soul. Genesis 2:7.

Other examples like this may be seen elsewhere, such as Psalms 33:6; 104:29-30; Job 32:8; 33:4; John 3:8. Therefore also the Word is said to be inspired because it comes from the Lord, and those who wrote the Word have been called 'inspired'. Breathing, and so breathing on or inspiring, corresponds to the life of faith, see 97, 1119, 1120, 3883-3896. This explains why the term spirit in the Word is derived from the word for wind, and holiness from the Lord is called Jehovah's wind, 8286, and why the Holy Spirit is the holiness emanating from the Lord, 3704, 4673 (end), 5307, 6788, 6982, 6993, 8127 (end), 8302, 9199.

[4] So also it says in John 1:33 that the Lord baptizes with the Holy Spirit, and in Luke 3:16 that He baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 'Baptizing' in the internal sense means regenerating, 4255, 5120 (end), 9088; 'baptizing with the Holy Spirit' means regenerating by means of the good of faith; and 'baptizing with fire' means regenerating by means of the good of love, 'fire' being the good of love, see 934, 4906, 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324. In John,

Who is not going to fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. Revelation 15:4.

In Luke the angel telling Mary about the Lord said,

That which is holy will be born from you. Luke 1:35.

And in Daniel,

I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and behold, a vigilant and holy one came down from heaven. Daniel 4:13.

In these places 'that which is holy' and 'a holy one' stand for the Lord.

[5] Because the Lord alone is holy He is called in the Old Testament the Holy One of Israel, the Redeemer, the Saviour, and the Regenerator, as in Isaiah 1:4; 5:19, 24; 10:20; 12:6; 17:7; 29:19; 30:11-12, 15; 31:1; 37:23; 41:14, 16, 20; 43:3, 14; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; 60:9, 14; Jeremiah 50:29; 51:5; Ezekiel 39:7; Psalms 71:22; 78:41; 89:18. This is why the Lord in heaven, and consequently heaven itself, is called the dwelling-place of holiness, Jeremiah 25:30; 31:23; 1 Isaiah 63:15; the sanctuary, 2 Ezekiel 11:16; 24:21; and also the mountain of holiness, Psalms 3:4. It is also why the middle of the tent [of meeting], where the ark containing the law was, was called The Holy of Holies, Exodus 26:33-34; for the law in the ark in the middle of the tent [of meeting], represented the Lord in respect of the Word. For the law is the Word, 6752, 7463.

[6] All this shows why it is that the angels are called holy in Matthew 25:31; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; Psalms 149:1; Daniel 8:13; also the prophets, Luke 1:70; and the apostles too, Revelation 18:20. Not that they are holy by their own virtue but that the Lord, who alone is holy and the only source of holiness, makes them so. For truths are meant by 'the angels', because they are those who receive truth from the Lord, 1925, 4085, 4295, 4402, 7268, 7873, 8192, 8301; teachings which present the truth that comes through the Word from the Lord are meant by 'the prophets', 2534, 7269; and all the truths and forms of the good of faith in their entirety which come from the Lord are meant by 'the apostles', 3488, 3858 (end), 6397.

[7] Consecrations 3 among the Israelite and Jewish people took place in order that the Lord who alone was holy might be represented, and in order that holiness, which He alone is the source of, might be represented. This is the reason for the consecration of Aaron and his sons, Exodus 29:1ff; Leviticus 8:10-11, 13, 30; the consecration of their garments, Exodus 29:21ff; the consecration of the altar in order that it might be most holy, 4 Exodus 29:37ff; the consecration of the tent of meeting, the ark of the Testimony, the table, all the vessels, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, and the laver and its base, Exodus 30:26ff.

[8] The truth that the Lord is the real Holiness that was represented is evident also from the Lord's words in Matthew when they are seen in the internal sense,

Fools and blind! Which of the two is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy? And which of the two is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy? Matthew 23:17-19.

'The temple' represented the Lord Himself, and so did 'the altar', while 'the gold' was a sign of the good that comes from the Lord, and 'the gift' or a sacrifice was a sign of things constituting faith and charity that come from the Lord.

The Lord was represented by 'the temple', see 2777, 3720, and by 'the altar', 2777, 2811, 4489, 8935, 8940. 'Gold' was a sign of good that comes from the Lord, 1551, 1552, 5658, and 'a sacrifice' a sign of worship springing from faith and charity that come from the Lord, 922, 923, 2805, 2807, 2830, 6905, 8680, 8682, 8936.

[9] From all this it is now evident why it is that the children of Israel were called a holy people in Deuteronomy 26:19 and elsewhere, or as in the present verse men of holiness. That is to say, they were so called because every single aspect of their worship represented Divine realities that are the Lord's, and celestial and spiritual things of His kingdom and Church. On this account they were called holy in a representative sense; they themselves were not holy on that account, because representatives had regard to the holy things that were represented, not to the person who represented them, see 665, 1097 (end), 1361, 3147, 3881 (end), 4208, 4281, 4288, 4293, 4307, 4444, 4500, 6304, 7048, 7439, 8588, 8788, 8806.

[10] On that account also was Jerusalem called holy, and Zion the mountain of holiness in Zechariah 8:3 and elsewhere, as well as in Matthew,

And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of dead holy ones were raised; and coming out of their tombs after the Lord's resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Matthew 27:52-53.

Here Jerusalem is called 'the holy city', when in fact, quite to the contrary, it was unholy because the Lord was crucified there at that time, for which reason it is called 'Sodom and Egypt' in John,

Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Revelation 11:8.

Yet it is called holy, because it means the Lord's kingdom and the Church, 402, 2117, 3654. The appearance of 'dead holy ones' there, an event witnessed by some in vision, was a sign of the salvation of people who belonged to the spiritual Church, and of the raising of those people to the Holy Jerusalem, which is heaven - the people who had been kept up to that time on the lower earth, spoken of in 6854, 6914, 7091, 7828, 7932, 8049, 8054, 8159, 8321.

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1Jeremiah 31:23 refers to a dwelling-place of righteousness [and] mountain of holiness, to be exact

2. i.e. an especially holy place

3. i.e. dedicating persons or things to holy functions or purposes

4. literally, the holiness of holinesses

  
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Luke 9

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1 He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

2 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

3 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.

4 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.

5 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

6 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.

7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

8 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

9 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.

10 The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

11 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.

12 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

13 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people."

14 For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

15 They did so, and made them all sit down.

16 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

17 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

18 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"

19 They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

20 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."

21 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,

22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."

23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

26 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

27 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

28 It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.

29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.

30 Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

31 who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

32 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

33 It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.

34 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

35 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

36 When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

37 It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.

38 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.

40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."

41 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

43 They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

44 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

45 But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

46 There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

47 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

49 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."

50 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."

51 It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,

52 and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

53 They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"

55 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.

56 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." They went to another village.

57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."

58 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

59 He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

60 But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."

61 Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house."

62 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."