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It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
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who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age
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and who have fallen[a] away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
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But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.