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tolerable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah than for that city. <a href="/kjv/matthew/10.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/10.htm">New King James Version</a> Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city! <a href="/nasb_/matthew/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment, than for that city. <a href="/nasb/matthew/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. <a href="/lsb/matthew/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. <a href="/amp/matthew/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city [since it rejected the Messiah’s messenger]. <a href="/csb/matthew/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. <a href="/asv/matthew/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. <a href="/cev/matthew/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I promise you the day of judgment will be easier for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. <a href="/erv/matthew/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. <a href="/gwt/matthew/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I can guarantee this truth: Judgment day will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city. <a href="/gnt/matthew/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah than to the people of that town! <a href="/isv/matthew/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> I tell all of you with certainty, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!" <a href="/msb/matthew/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. <a href="/net/matthew/10.htm">NET Bible</a> I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town! <a href="/nheb/matthew/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. <a href="/wbt/matthew/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Verily, I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city. <a href="/wey/matthew/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town. <a href="/web/matthew/10.htm">World English Bible</a> Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. <a href="/blb/matthew/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Truly I say to you, on the day of judgment, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah than for that city. <a href="/ylt/matthew/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. <a href="/slt/matthew/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Verily I say to you, it shall be more supportable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Amen 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. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Amen I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. <a href="/nabre/matthew/10.htm">New American Bible</a> Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Truly I say to you, that it will be easier for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And truly I say to you, it will be tranquil in the day of judgment for the land of Sadom and Ammora compared to that city.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.<CM> <a href="/godbey/matthew/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Truly I say unto you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.<CM> <a href="/mace/matthew/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a> I declare unto you, the people of Sodom and Gomorrha shall find less severity in the day of judgment, than that city. <a href="/wey/matthew/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town. <a href="/worrell/matthew/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>Verily I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> for<FR> I tell you verily, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha, in the day of judgement, than for that city.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/10-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=2484" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/10.htm">The Ministry of the Twelve</a> …14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15<a href="/greek/281.htm" title="281: amēn (Heb) -- Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.">Truly</a> <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/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/1093.htm" title="1093: gē (N-DFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe."></a> <a href="/greek/4670.htm" title="4670: Sodomōn (N-GNP) -- Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine.">for Sodom</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1116.htm" title="1116: Gomorrōn (N-GNP) -- Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea. Of Hebrew origin; Gomorrha, a place near the Dead Sea.">Gomorrah</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/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmera (N-DFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">the day</a> <a href="/greek/2920.htm" title="2920: kriseōs (N-GFS) -- Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice.">of judgment</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> 16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a> 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. <a href="/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12</a> I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a> 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; <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a> 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.” <a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9-10</a> 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! <a href="/amos/4-11.htm">Amos 4:11</a> “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. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Jeremiah 49:18</a> As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a> 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. <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a> 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.” <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a> 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.” <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8-9</a> in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a> Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.verily.<a href="/matthew/5-18.htm">Matthew 5:18</a> For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.<a href="/matthew/24-34.htm">Matthew 24:34,35</a> Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled… It.<a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Matthew 11:22-24</a> But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you… <a href="/ezekiel/16-48.htm">Ezekiel 16:48-56</a> As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters… <a href="/mark/6-11.htm">Mark 6:11</a> And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.in the.<a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36</a> But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.<a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">2 Peter 2:9</a> The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:<a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a> But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/10-14.htm">Bearable</a> <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Better</a> <a href="/matthew/10-14.htm">City</a> <a href="/luke/10-14.htm">Endurable</a> <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">God's</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Gomorrah</a> <a href="/amos/4-11.htm">Gomor'rah</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Gomorrha</a> <a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Judgment-Day</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Solemnly</a> <a href="/luke/10-14.htm">Tolerable</a> <a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Verily</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Bearable</a> <a href="/matthew/10-31.htm">Better</a> <a href="/matthew/10-23.htm">City</a> <a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Endurable</a> <a href="/matthew/14-33.htm">God's</a> <a href="/mark/6-11.htm">Gomorrah</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Gomor'rah</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Gomorrha</a> <a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Judgment-Day</a> <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/matthew/10-23.htm">Solemnly</a> <a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Tolerable</a> <a href="/matthew/10-23.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/matthew/10-23.htm">Verily</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 10</div>1. <a href="/matthew/10-1.htm">Jesus sends out his apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles;</a> 5. <a href="/matthew/10-5.htm">giving them their charge, teaches them;</a> 16. <a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">comforts them against persecutions;</a> 40. <a href="/matthew/10-40.htm">and promises a blessing to those who receive them.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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/matthew/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Truly I tell you This phrase emphasizes the certainty and authority of Jesus' statement. It is a common introduction used by Jesus to underscore the importance and truthfulness of His teachings. It reflects His role as a divine teacher and prophet, whose words carry the weight of divine truth.it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah were ancient cities known for their extreme wickedness and were destroyed by God as a result (Genesis 19). Their destruction serves as a symbol of divine judgment against sin. By comparing the fate of a town that rejects the disciples to that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Jesus highlights the severity of rejecting the message of the Kingdom of Heaven. This comparison underscores the gravity of rejecting the gospel, which offers salvation and reconciliation with God.on the day of judgment The "day of judgment" refers to a future time when God will judge the living and the dead. This concept is rooted in Jewish eschatology and is affirmed in Christian doctrine. It is a day when all people will be held accountable for their actions and decisions, particularly their response to Jesus Christ and His message. The New Testament frequently references this day as a time of reckoning and divine justice (e.g., <a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36</a>, <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a>).than for that town "That town" refers to any place that rejects the message of the disciples, who were sent out by Jesus to proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven. The rejection of the disciples is equated with the rejection of Jesus Himself (<a href="/matthew/10-40.htm">Matthew 10:40</a>). This phrase serves as a warning to those who hear the gospel but choose to reject it. The implication is that the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel is a profound privilege, and rejecting it results in greater accountability and judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, providing instructions and warnings to His disciples as He sends them out to preach. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' instructions, tasked with spreading the message of the Kingdom of Heaven. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah</a> Ancient cities known for their wickedness and subsequent destruction by God as a judgment for their sins. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_judgment.htm">The Day of Judgment</a> A future time when God will judge all people and nations, determining their eternal destinies. 5. <a href="/topical/t/that_town.htm">That Town</a> Refers to any town or city that rejects the message of the disciples, and by extension, the message of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_rejecting_the_gospel.htm">The Seriousness of Rejecting the Gospel</a> Jesus emphasizes that rejecting His message has severe consequences, even more so than the infamous judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_for_revelation.htm">Accountability for Revelation</a> Those who have heard the Gospel and witnessed God's works are held to a higher standard of accountability. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Judgment</a> The reference to the Day of Judgment underscores the reality and inevitability of divine judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_the_gospel_mission.htm">The Urgency of the Gospel Mission</a> The disciples' mission is urgent because the stakes are eternal; towns that reject the message face dire consequences. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a> While God's judgment is severe, His mercy is available to those who repent and accept the Gospel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 10</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_rapture,_tribulation.htm">What does the Bible say about Rapture and Tribulation?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'shake_the_dust_off'_mean.htm">What did Jesus mean by "shake the dust off"?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_scripture_show_collective_punishment.htm">Ezekiel 33:17 - If God's ways are truly just, why do we see instances of collective punishment and suffering elsewhere in Scripture?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god's_mercy_reconciled_with_judgment.htm">In Psalm 103:8-10, God is portrayed as merciful--how do we reconcile this with Old Testament accounts of severe divine judgment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) For the land of Sodom and Gomorrha.--The thought implied in the previous verse is now expressly asserted. The cities that stood out, in the history of the world, as most conspicuous for their infamy, were yet less guilty (as sinning less against light and knowledge) than those who rejected the messengers of the King. The same comparison reappears with the addition of Tyre and Sidon in <a href="/matthew/11-21.htm" title="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.">Matthew 11:21</a>.In the day of judgment.--The phrase, like the Old Testament "day of the Lord," is wider in its range than the thoughts we commonly connect with it, and includes the earlier and more earthly judgments, as well as that which is the great consummation of them all.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - Parallel passage: <a href="/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12</a> (the seventy). Similar words are used by our Lord in his apostrophe of Capernaum (<a href="/matthew/11-24.htm">Matthew 11:24</a>, where see note). The combination in <a href="/luke/10-11.htm">Luke 10:11</a> and 12-15 of both the contexts is an instructive warning against accepting the present position of our Lord's sayings as the final indication of the occasion upon which they were delivered. Verily. (For the idea of acquiescence that always underlies this word - even in the case of so solemn a matter as the present - comp. <a href="/matthew/5-18.htm">Matthew 5:18</a>, note.) I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha. Whose inhabitants were the typical example of the worst of sinners (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:32</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">Ezekiel 16:46</a>; <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a>). "The men of Sodom have no part in the world to come" (Mishna, 'Sanh.,' 10:3). In the day of judgment. Luke has "in that day;" cf, <a href="/matthew/7-22.htm">Matthew 7:22</a>. In the only two passages in the LXX. (<a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm">Proverbs 6:34</a>; <a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8</a>) where, as it seems, our phrase occurs, it refers, not to the judgment of all, good and bad alike, but to that of the wicked alone. So also in <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">2 Peter 2:9</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a>; and possibly also in <a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36</a>, but not in <a href="/1_john/4-17.htm">1 John 4:17</a> (the only passage where it is not anarthrous). Than for that city. Observe that this verse implies that the wicked dead are still in existence, and are waiting for their final judgment; also that in the judgment of the wicked there will be degrees of punishment. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/10-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Truly ἀμὴν (amēn) Hebrew Word <a href="/greek/strongs_281.htm">Strong's 281: </a> Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. I tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. it will be ἔσται (estai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. more bearable ἀνεκτότερον (anektoteron) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative <a href="/greek/strongs_414.htm">Strong's 414: </a> Endurable, tolerable. Comparative of a derivative of anechomai; more endurable. for Sodom Σοδόμων (Sodomōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4670.htm">Strong's 4670: </a> Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. Gomorrah Γομόρρων (Gomorrōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea. Of Hebrew origin; Gomorrha, a place near the Dead Sea. on ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] day ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. of judgment κρίσεως (kriseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2920.htm">Strong's 2920: </a> Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice. than ἢ (ē) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2228.htm">Strong's 2228: </a> Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. for that ἐκείνῃ (ekeinē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. town. πόλει (polei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> A city, the inhabitants of a city. 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