Luke 10:12

I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

In Context

11Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

13A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

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Cross References

Lamentations 4:6For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.

Matthew 10:15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

Mark 6:11And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

Matthew Henry on Luke 10:2-17

The Mission of the Seventy. 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into… Read the whole commentary →

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