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15 And as for you, Capernaum:

Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will be brought down to the netherworld.[a]

16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

17 Joy of the Missionaries.[b] The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and they said, “Lord, in your name even the demons are subject to us.”

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  1. Luke 10:15 The netherworld: the place of the dead, i.e., the underworld (as in Acts 2:27, 31).
  2. Luke 10:17 In the joy of the disciples, Jesus sees the beginning of the defeat of the forces of evil inflamed against human beings, and of their leader Satan (see Lk 11:20). Jesus shares their joy; but he invites them to rejoice most of all that they are the elect of the Father, a happiness that radically surpasses all missionary success.

15 And you, Capernaum,(A) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[a]

16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”(B)

17 The seventy-two(C) returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”(D)

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  1. Luke 10:15 That is, the realm of the dead