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20 Jesus began to speak against the cities where he had done most of his miracles. The people there had not turned away from their sins. So he said,
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Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
21 "How terrible it will be for you, Korazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! Suppose the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon. They would have turned away from their sins long ago. They would have put on black clothes. They would have sat down in ashes.
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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 in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I tell you this. On judgment day it will be easier for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
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But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
23 "And what about you, Capernaum? Will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will go down to the place of the dead. Suppose the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom. It would still be here today.
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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
24 But I tell you this. On judgment day it will be easier for Sodom than for you."
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But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
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