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Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand.
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I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom than for that city.
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Woe to thee, Corozain! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the mighty works that have been wrought in you, they would have done penance long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
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And thou, Capharnaum, which art exalted unto heaven, thou shalt be thrust down to hell.
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He that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
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And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us in thy name.
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And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from heaven.
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Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you.
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But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are subject unto you: but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven.
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In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.