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8 “If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you.
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“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.
9 Heal the sick, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is near you now.’
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Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
10 But if a town refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say,
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But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,
11 ‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. And know this—the Kingdom of God is near!’
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‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’
12 I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.
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I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
13 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
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“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 Yes, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.
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But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
15 And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. ”
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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.
16 Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”
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“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
17 When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, “Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!”
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The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
18 “Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning!
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He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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