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href="/bsb/luke/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/luke/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I say to you, it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable in that day [of judgment] for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than the people of that town! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I can guarantee that judgment day will be easier for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to Sodom than to that town! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I tell you, on the last day it will be easier for Sodom than for that town!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I say to you that it will be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I say to you, that it shall be more supportable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom, than for that city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I say to you, that in that day, Sodom will be forgiven more than that city will be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I say to you, that it will be much easier for Sodom in that day than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“I say to you that it shall be pleasant for Sadom in that day, compared to that city.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />I say to you, It shall be more tolerable, in that day, for Sodom, than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>For I say unto you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Now I tell you, that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day, than for that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />I declare unto you, that the people of Sodom shall be treated with less severity in the day of judgment, than that city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>And I tell you, it shall be more tolerable in that day <Fr><i>even</i><FR> for Sodom than for that city.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/10-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=4165" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/10.htm">Jesus Sends Out the Disciples</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’ <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">I tell</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estai (V-FIM-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">it will be</a> <a href="/greek/414.htm" title="414: anektoteron (Adj-NNS-C) -- Endurable, tolerable. Comparative of a derivative of anechomai; more endurable.">more bearable</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">on</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinē (DPro-DFS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmera (N-DFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">day</a> <a href="/greek/4670.htm" title="4670: Sodomois (N-DNP) -- Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine.">for Sodom</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228: ē (Conj) -- Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.">than</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinē (DPro-DFS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">for that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4172.htm" title="4172: polei (N-DFS) -- A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.">town.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">13</span>Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-15.htm">Matthew 10:15</a></span><br />Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a></span><br />Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a></span><br />if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-41.htm">Matthew 12:41</a></span><br />The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-42.htm">Matthew 12:42</a></span><br />The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-11.htm">Amos 4:11</a></span><br />“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9-10</a></span><br />Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. / Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a></span><br />And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a></span><br />The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a></span><br />All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a></span><br />Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a></span><br />It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.</p><p class="hdg">that.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a></b></br> For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-48.htm">Ezekiel 16:48-50</a></b></br> <i>As</i> I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/10-15.htm">Matthew 10:15</a></b></br> Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/11-24.htm">Bearable</a> <a href="/luke/5-39.htm">Better</a> <a href="/luke/10-11.htm">City</a> <a href="/matthew/11-24.htm">Endurable</a> <a href="/luke/10-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/mark/6-11.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/mark/6-11.htm">Tolerable</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/10-14.htm">Bearable</a> <a href="/luke/10-14.htm">Better</a> <a href="/luke/13-22.htm">City</a> <a href="/luke/10-14.htm">Endurable</a> <a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Great</a> <a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/luke/10-14.htm">Tolerable</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-1.htm">Jesus sends out at once seventy disciples to work miracles, and to preach;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">pronounces a woe against certain cities.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-17.htm">The seventy return with joy; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-18.htm">he shows them wherein to rejoice, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-21.htm">and thanks his Father for his grace;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-23.htm">magnifies the happy estate of his church;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-25.htm">teaches the lawyer how to attain eternal life, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-30.htm">and tells the parable of the good Samaritan;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/10-38.htm">reprimands Martha, and commends Mary her sister.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I tell you</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the authority of Jesus as He speaks. It is a direct assertion, indicating the importance and certainty of the message that follows. Jesus often used this phrase to introduce significant teachings or prophetic statements, underscoring His role as a divine teacher and prophet.<p><b>it will be more bearable on that day</b><br>"That day" refers to the Day of Judgment, a common theme in biblical eschatology. The phrase "more bearable" suggests varying degrees of judgment, indicating that some will face harsher consequences than others. This concept is consistent with other biblical passages that speak of differing levels of punishment based on one's actions and response to God's revelation (e.g., <a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Matthew 11:22-24</a>).<p><b>for Sodom</b><br>Sodom is a city synonymous with sin and divine judgment, as described in <a href="/genesis/19.htm">Genesis 19</a>. Its destruction serves as a historical example of God's wrath against extreme wickedness. The mention of Sodom here highlights the severity of the judgment that awaits those who reject the message of Jesus, suggesting that their sin is even greater than that of Sodom.<p><b>than for that town</b><br>"That town" refers to the towns that rejected the disciples' message as they were sent out by Jesus (<a href="/luke/10.htm">Luke 10:1-11</a>). The comparison to Sodom underscores the gravity of rejecting the gospel, which is a greater revelation of God's truth than what was available to Sodom. This highlights the increased responsibility and accountability of those who have heard the message of Christ and yet choose to reject it.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing His disciples as He sends them out to preach the Kingdom of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom.htm">Sodom</a></b><br>An ancient city known for its sinfulness and subsequent destruction by God as recorded in Genesis. It serves as a symbol of divine judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_town.htm">The Town</a></b><br>Refers to any town that rejects the message of the Kingdom of God brought by Jesus' disciples.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a></b><br>The followers of Jesus who are being sent out to proclaim the Gospel and perform miracles in His name.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_judgment.htm">The Day of Judgment</a></b><br>The future time when God will judge the world, referenced here as "that day."<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_rejecting_the_gospel.htm">The Seriousness of Rejecting the Gospel</a></b><br>Jesus emphasizes the grave consequences of rejecting His message. The comparison to Sodom underscores the severity of such a decision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_for_revelation_received.htm">Accountability for Revelation Received</a></b><br>Towns that witnessed Jesus' miracles and heard His teachings are held to a higher standard. This principle applies to us today; the more we know, the more we are accountable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Judgment</a></b><br>Jesus' words affirm the reality of a coming judgment. This should motivate believers to share the Gospel and live in a way that reflects their faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>The reference to Sodom serves as a call to repentance. Just as Sodom faced destruction, so too will those who do not turn to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_compassionate_warning_of_christ.htm">The Compassionate Warning of Christ</a></b><br>Jesus' warning is an act of compassion, urging people to turn from their ways and accept the salvation He offers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_all_sins_equally_severe.htm">Are all sins considered equal in severity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'satan_fall_like_lightning'.htm">What does 'Satan fall like lightning' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_luke_12_10_fit_with_god's_forgiveness.htm">Luke 12:10 mentions an 'unforgivable sin.' How does that align with passages elsewhere in the Bible that emphasize God's limitless forgiveness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_isaiah_14_linked_to_satan.htm">How do we resolve the apparent contradiction between Isaiah 14's depiction of a proud king and later Christian interpretations linking these verses to Satan?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom.</span>--See Note on <a href="/matthew/10-15.htm" title="Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.">Matthew 10:15</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city</span>. Such a rejection implies that they would have nothing to do with the Master of these preachers, the pitiful, loving, Galilaean Teacher. These were days of possible mighty blessings, of proportional terrible punishments. The woe of Sodom, that well-known swift destruction, most probably through sudden volcanic agency, was tolerable in comparison with the far more awful doom reserved in the immediate future, at the hands of Rome, for these guilty cities of Palestine (see a further note on this on ver. 15). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/10-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">I tell</span><br /><span class="grk">λέγω</span> <span class="translit">(legō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">you,</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῖν</span> <span class="translit">(hymin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it will be</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔσται</span> <span class="translit">(estai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more bearable</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνεκτότερον</span> <span class="translit">(anektoteron)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_414.htm">Strong's 414: </a> </span><span class="str2">Endurable, tolerable. Comparative of a derivative of anechomai; more endurable.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκείνῃ</span> <span class="translit">(ekeinē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> </span><span class="str2">That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμέρᾳ</span> <span class="translit">(hēmera)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">for Sodom</span><br /><span class="grk">Σοδόμοις</span> <span class="translit">(Sodomois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4670.htm">Strong's 4670: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than</span><br /><span class="grk">ἢ</span> <span class="translit">(ē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2228.htm">Strong's 2228: </a> </span><span class="str2">Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for that</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκείνῃ</span> <span class="translit">(ekeinē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> </span><span class="str2">That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">town.</span><br /><span class="grk">πόλει</span> <span class="translit">(polei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> </span><span class="str2">A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/luke/10-12.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 10:12 I tell you it will be more (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/10-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 10:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 10:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 10:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 10:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>