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11 ‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.’ Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand.(A) 12 I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town.(B)

Reproaches to Unrepentant Towns.[a] 13 (C)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!(D) For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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  1. 10:13–16 The call to repentance that is a part of the proclamation of the kingdom brings with it a severe judgment for those who hear it and reject it.

11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you.(A) Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’(B) 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom(C) than for that town.(D)

13 “Woe to you,(E) 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(F) and ashes.

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