51. Now it happened that, while the days of his dissipation were being completed, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
52. And he sent messengers before his face. And going on, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.
53. And they would not receive him, because his face was going toward Jerusalem.
54. And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call for fire to descend from heaven and consume them?"
55. And turning, he rebuked them, saying: "Do you not know of whose spirit you are?
56. The Son of man came, not to destroy lives, but to save them." And they went into another town.
57. And it happened that, as they were walking along the way, someone said to him, "I will follow you, wherever you will go."
58. Jesus said to him: "Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests. But the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
59. Then he said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."
60. And Jesus said to him: "Let the dead bury their dead. But you go and announce the kingdom of God."
61. And another said: "I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house."