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'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'
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I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
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"Woe to you, Chora'zin! woe to you, Beth-sa'ida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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But it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
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And you, Caper'na-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.
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"He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
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The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
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And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.
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Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
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In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.