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“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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Verse 21. Wo to thee, Corozain, and so forth These four verses shew us how dangerous it is to resist the divine graces, and not to make good use of those favourable opportunities which the divine Providence hath placed us in, of working our salvation and of improving ourselves in virtue and sanctity. Witham.—Sack-cloth and ashes, and so forth It was the custom for those who were in mourning, to be clothed with sack-cloth, and sit in ashes. Menochius.
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