When the disciples James and John learned of it, they said, “Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out of the sky and incinerate them?”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

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?”

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?”

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?”

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?”

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?

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