⁵⁴And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell ^qfire to come down from heaven and consume them?”⁵ ⁵⁵But he turned and rebuked them.⁶ ⁵⁶And they went on to another village.

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Footnotes

5Some manuscripts add as Elijah did
6Some manuscripts add And he said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; 56for the Son of Man came not to destroy people’s lives but to save them”

Cross references

qSee Rev. 13:13

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them. Then he and his disciples went to another village.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

But he turned and rebuked them, and they went to another village.

NLTNew Living Translation

When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them. So they went on to another village.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now when the disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” But he turned around and rebuked them, and they proceeded to another village.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

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