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8 If you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat what they give you.
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“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.
9 Heal the sick who live there, and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.'
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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 you go into a town, and the people don't welcome you, then go into the streets and say,
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But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,
11 'Even the dirt from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that 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 tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for the people of Sodomn than for the people of that town.
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I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
13 "How terrible for you, Korazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles I did in you had happened in Tyre and Sidon, those people would have changed their lives long ago. They would have worn rough cloth and put ashes on themselves to show they had changed.
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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 But on the Judgment Day it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
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But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the depths!
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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.
16 "Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever refuses to accept you refuses to accept me. And whoever refuses to accept me refuses to accept the One 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-twon came back, they were very happy and said, "Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we used 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 Jesus said, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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