King James Version (KJV)
Luke 9:55
“But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, ‹Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.›”
Verse in context — Luke 9
53
And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
54
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?
55
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, ‹Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.›
56
‹For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save› [them]. And they went to another village.
57
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain [man] said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
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