12 I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than the people of that town!
13 You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are also in for trouble! If the miracles that took place in your towns had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.
14 On the day of judgment the people of Tyre and Sidon will get off easier than you will.
15 People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honoured in heaven? Well, you will go down to hell!
16 My followers, whoever listens to you is listening to me. Anyone who says “No” to you is saying “No” to me. And anyone who says “No” to me is really saying “No” to the one who sent me.
17 When the seventy-two followers returned, they were excited and said, “Lord, even the demons obeyed when we spoke in your name!”
18 Jesus told them:I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.