Luke 9:56 KJV
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Luke 9:56, King James Version
In context
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.
Cross-references
- Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
- John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
- John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.