Matthew 11:23
And what about you, Capernaum? Will you be exalted to heaven? No, you'll go down to Hades! If the miracles had been performed in Sodom which happened among you, Sodom would still be here today.
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In Context
24But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment it will be better for Sodom than it will for you!”
Cross References
Genesis 13:13(The people of Sodom were very wicked, committing terrible sins that offended the Lord.)
Isaiah 14:13You said to yourself: ‘I will ascend to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the mountain of meeting, the summit of the northern mountain.
Ezekiel 16:48As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters didn't ever do what you and your daughters have done.
Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations tremble when they heard it fall, when I threw it down into Sheol with those who die. Then all the trees of Eden, the finest and best in Lebanon, all the trees that had plenty of water, were happy that this tree joined them in the earth below.
Matthew 4:13Leaving Nazareth, he came to stay in Capernaum, on the shores of the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphthali.
Matthew 16:18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church and the powers of death won't overcome it.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:17-25
Christ Reproaches Chorazin, &c.. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of… Read the whole commentary →