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And they were all astonished at the greatness of God. While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus was doing, He said to His disciples,

But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?"

and they went on to another village.

If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

But if you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into the streets and declare,

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.

Jesus took up this question and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first."

The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

So you are witnesses who consent to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

Because of this, the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.'

Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

And they were unable to answer these questions.

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, 'I have bought a field and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.'