Matthew 10:15

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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!

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  • Matt 12:36 : 36 I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 – if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
  • 1 John 4:17 : 17 By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.
  • 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
  • Ezek 16:48-56 : 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved. 49 “‘See here– this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them. 51 Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done. 52 So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous. 53 “‘I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters(along with your fortunes among them), 54 so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them. 55 As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former status, Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former status, and you and your daughters will be restored to your former status. 56 In your days of majesty, was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.
  • Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you! 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day. 24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”
  • Matt 24:34-35 : 34 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  • Mark 6:11 : 11 If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
  • Luke 10:11-12 : 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates me hates my Father too. 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 10:10-15
    6 verses
    93%

    10But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

    11‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’

    12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

    13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

    14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!

    15And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades!

  • Matt 11:20-24
    5 verses
    90%

    20Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

    21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

    22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

    23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

    24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”

  • Mark 6:10-12
    3 verses
    87%

    10He said to them,“Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.

    11If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

    12So they went out and preached that all should repent.

  • Matt 10:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

  • Luke 9:5
    75%

    5Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

  • Matt 10:16
    74%

    16Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

  • Jer 50:40
    73%

    40I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.

  • Luke 17:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

    30It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Gen 18:20
    72%

    20So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

  • Matt 10:23
    72%

    23Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

  • Gen 13:13
    72%

    13(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)

  • 2 Pet 2:6
    72%

    6and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

  • Isa 1:10
    71%

    10Listen to the LORD’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!

  • Jer 49:18
    71%

    18Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns that were around them. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.

  • Lam 4:6
    70%

    6ו(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.

  • Deut 29:23
    70%

    23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.

  • Isa 13:19
    70%

    19Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

  • Matt 13:50
    70%

    50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Gen 18:26
    69%

    26So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

  • Matt 10:6
    69%

    6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 13:28
    69%

    28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.

  • Matt 13:42
    69%

    42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Jude 1:7
    69%

    7So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

  • Amos 4:11
    69%

    11“I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me.” The LORD is speaking!

  • Isa 3:9
    69%

    9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

  • Matt 12:45
    69%

    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

  • Luke 17:2
    69%

    2It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

  • Matt 10:11
    69%

    11Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

  • Matt 12:41
    69%

    41The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

  • Gen 19:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.

    25So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

  • Matt 5:20
    68%

    20For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

  • Luke 10:3
    68%

    3Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.

  • Matt 12:37
    68%

    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

  • Luke 13:3
    68%

    3No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!