Matthew 10:15

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • Matt 12:36 : 36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
  • 1 John 4:17 : 17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.
  • 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  • Ezek 16:48-56 : 48 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good]. 51 Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done. 52 You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters. 53 I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives in the midst of them; 54 that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them. 55 Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and you and your daughters shall return to your former estate. 56 For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
  • Matt 11:22-24 : 22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."
  • Matt 24:34-35 : 34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
  • Mark 6:11 : 11 Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
  • Luke 10:11-12 : 11 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.' 12 I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

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  • Luke 10:10-15
    6 verses
    93%

    10 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,

    11 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.'

    12 I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

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

    14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

    15 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

  • Matt 11:20-24
    5 verses
    90%

    20 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

    21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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

    23 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

    24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."

  • Mark 6:10-12
    3 verses
    87%

    10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

    11 Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"

    12 They went out and preached that people should repent.

  • Matt 10:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

  • Luke 9:5
    75%

    5 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

  • Matt 10:16
    74%

    16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

  • Jer 50:40
    73%

    40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.

  • Luke 17:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

    30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Gen 18:20
    72%

    20 Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

  • Matt 10:23
    72%

    23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

  • Gen 13:13
    72%

    13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

  • 2 Pet 2:6
    72%

    6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

  • Isa 1:10
    71%

    10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

  • Jer 49:18
    71%

    18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.

  • Lam 4:6
    70%

    6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.

  • Deut 29:23
    70%

    23 [and that] the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Isa 13:19
    70%

    19 Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

  • Matt 13:50
    70%

    50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

  • Gen 18:26
    69%

    26 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

  • Matt 10:6
    69%

    6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 13:28
    69%

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

  • Matt 13:42
    69%

    42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Jude 1:7
    69%

    7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

  • Amos 4:11
    69%

    11 "I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

  • Isa 3:9
    69%

    9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • Matt 12:45
    69%

    45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

  • Luke 17:2
    69%

    2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

  • Matt 10:11
    69%

    11 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

  • Matt 12:41
    69%

    41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

  • Gen 19:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24 Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.

    25 He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

  • Matt 5:20
    68%

    20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

  • Luke 10:3
    68%

    3 Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

  • Matt 12:37
    68%

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

  • Luke 13:3
    68%

    3 I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.