And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

他们彼此商论说，我们若说从天上来，他必说，这样，你们为什么不信他呢。

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In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius once told his students that the God of Kitchen would say ill of people in the Heaven if it were not well pleased.

春秋时期，孔子曾告诉他的学生如果不讨好灶神，他就会向上天告你的恶状。

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As if not from the sod but falling from heaven.

仿佛不是来自故乡，而是从天堂坠落。

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Of the other two it was Mr Leung's rival, Henry Tang Ying-yen, who was deemed to bear the mandate, if not of heaven, then at least of a healthy majority on the Politburo's nine-man Standing Committee in Beijing.

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By doing so, Pascal argues, if it turns out that God exists you will spend eternity in heaven, but if it turns out God does not exist, you will have lost nothing.

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Such tales are manna from heaven for English tabloids, and he must have been aware of that, even if he did not agree with it.

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