Luke 9:51-53

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⁵¹Now when the time was approaching for Him to be taken up [to heaven], He was determined to go to Jerusalem [to fulfill His purpose]. ⁵²He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went into a Samaritan village to make arrangements for Him; ⁵³but the people would not welcome Him, ^[a]because He was traveling toward Jerusalem.

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Luke 9:53 Because of the religious conflict between Samaritans and Jews, the people of Samaria were generally inhospitable to Jews and did not offer overnight accommodations to those who were traveling to Jerusalem to participate in religious events.