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and healthose in it who are sick, and say to them, '1The kingdom of God has comenear to you.'
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"But whatever*city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
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'2Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipeoff in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that 3the kingdom of God has comenear.'
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"I say to you, 4it will be moretolerable in that day for 5Sodomthan for that city.
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"6Woe to you, 7Chorazin! Woe to you, 8Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in 9Tyre and Sidonwhichoccurred in you, they would have repentedlongago, sitting in 10sackcloth and ashes.
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"But it will be moretolerable for 11Tyre and Sidon in the judgmentthan for you.
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"And you, 12Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be broughtdown to Hades!
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"13The one who listens to you listens to Me, and 14the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me."
The Happy Results
17 The seventyreturned with joy, saying, "Lord, even15the demons are subject to us in Your name."
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And He said to them, "I was watching16Satanfall from heavenlikelightning.
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"Behold, I have given you authority to 17tread on serpents and scorpions, and overall the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.