and he sent messengers ahead of him. They went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for him;
In context
50Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him. Whoever is not against you is for you.” 51As the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52and he sent messengers ahead of him. They went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for him; 53but the people would not receive him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54When the disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from the sky to burn them up?”
