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But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not comprehend it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their hearts, took a child and had him stand by His side,

and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.

And they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem.

When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

And they went on to another village.

"Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide; for the laborer is deserving of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

"Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is served to you;

"But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that occurred in you had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he encountered robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

"Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they come in and live there; and the last condition of that person becomes worse than the first."

"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

"So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

"For this reason also, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will persecute,

"Now I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

"Now when they bring you before the synagogues and the officials and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

"Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

"You are also to be like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door for him when he comes and knocks.