Luke 9:56
“For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.”
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?
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
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.
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
“And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.”