Luke 9:53

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 4:9 : 9 So the Samaritan woman said to him,“How can you– a Jew– ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?”(For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)
  • John 4:40-42 : 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days, 41 and because of his word many more believed. 42 They said to the woman,“No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one really is the Savior of the world.”
  • Luke 9:48 : 48 and said to them,“Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

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  • Luke 9:51-52
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    51 Rejection in Samaria Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.

    52 He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him,

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    11 The Grateful Leper Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

    12 As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,

  • 5 Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

  • 11 He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

  • 28 The Triumphal Entry After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 4:29-30
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    29 They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

    30 But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

  • 5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:“Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

  • 30 Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

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    32 Third Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

    33 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

  • 28 So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,

  • Luke 9:54-57
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    54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,“Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

    55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them,

    56 and they went on to another village.

    57 Challenging Professed Followers As they were walking along the road, someone said to him,“I will follow you wherever you go.”

  • Mark 12:3-4
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    3 But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

    4 So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

  • 18 and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

  • 10 But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

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    57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

    58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

  • 17 Third Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

  • 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

  • 22 The Narrow Door Then Jesus traveled throughout towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

  • John 4:44-45
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    44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

    45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast(for they themselves had gone to the feast).

  • 32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

  • 25 Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

  • 45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

  • 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.’

  • 41 “I do not accept praise from people,

  • 18 The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

  • 5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

  • 36 As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

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    31 Another Prediction of Jesus’ Passion Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them,“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

    32 For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.

  • 27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

  • 37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • 37 The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

  • 26 Jesus sent him home, saying,“Do not even go into the village.”

  • 16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

  • 31 They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure that he was about to carry out at Jerusalem.

  • 24 And he added,“I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

  • 45 But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

  • 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’

  • 14 And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

  • 6 But they could not reply to this.