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And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto the heavens, shalt be thrust down to Hades.
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He that hears you hears me, and he that despises you despises me, and he that despises me despises him that sent me.
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And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.
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And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
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Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject unto you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.
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In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes; even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
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All things are delivered to me of my Father, and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father, and who the Father is, but the Son and
he to whom the Son will reveal
him.
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And he turned him unto
his disciples and said privately, Blessed
are the eyes which see the things that ye see,
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for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see those things which ye see and did not see
them and to hear those things which ye hear and did not hear
them.
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And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?