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Are there different punishments in hell and different rewards in heaven?

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Are there different punishments in hell and different rewards in heaven?

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All that we know about heaven and hell comes to us through the Words of the Holy Scriptures, so we turn, for the answer to this question, to the Scriptures. First, concerning degrees of punishment in hell, Jesus teaches the following: That servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he who did not know, yet committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. [St Luke 12:47-48] This indicates that there will be more severe punishments for those who knowingly disobeyed the Lord’s Word. The same thing is taught again by Jesus as He rebukes the cities that did not receive Him: Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. [St Matthew 11:21-22] While the sufferi

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