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"But whatever town you come to and they will not receive you, go out into the broader streets and say,
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"`The very dust of your town that hangs about us we wipe off as a protest. Only be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is close at hand.'
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"I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.
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"Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! For had the miracles been performed in Tyre and Sidon which have been performed in you, long ere now they would have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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However, for Tyre and Sidon it will be more endurable at the Judgement than for you.
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And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be lifted high as Heaven? Thou shalt be driven down as low as Hades.
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"He who listens to you listens to me; and he who disregards you disregards me, and he who disregards me disregards Him who sent me."
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When the Seventy returned, they exclaimed joyfully, "Master, even the demons submit to us when we utter your name."
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"I saw Satan fall like a lightning-flash out of Heaven," He replied.
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"I have given you power to tread serpents and scorpions underfoot, and to trample on all the power of the Enemy; and in no case shall anything do you harm.
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Nevertheless rejoice not at this, that the spirits submit to you; but rejoice that your names are registered in Heaven."