48. Then he said to the followers, “Whoever accepts a little child like this in my name is accepting me. And anyone who accepts me is also accepting the one who sent me. The one among you who is the most humble—this is the one who is great.”
49. John answered, “Master, we saw someone using your name to force demons out of people. We told him to stop because he does not belong to our group.”
50. Jesus said to him, “Don’t stop him. Whoever is not against you is for you.”
51. The time was coming near when Jesus would leave and go back to heaven. He decided to go to Jerusalem.
52. He sent some men ahead of him. They went into a town in Samaria to make everything ready for him.
53. But the people there would not welcome Jesus because he was going toward Jerusalem.
54. James and John, the followers of Jesus, saw this. They said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven and destroy those people?”
55. But Jesus turned and criticized them for saying this.
56. Then he and his followers went to another town.
57. They were all traveling along the road. Someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you anywhere you go.”