Matthew 11:23

You, Capernaum, do you think you will be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if in Sodom there had been done the mighty deeds that were done in you, it would still have remained until today.

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And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

In Context

22But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.

24But I say to you that it shall be easier for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were very wicked sinners against Yahweh.

Isaiah 14:13You had said in your heart, 'I will ascend into heaven, 1 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 1 and I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. 1

Ezekiel 16:48As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—your sister Sodom and her daughters, have not done as much evil as you and your daughters have done.

Ezekiel 31:16I brought shuddering to the nations at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol with those who went down into the pit. So I comforted all the trees of Eden in the lowest parts of the earth. These had been the choicest and best trees of Lebanon; the trees that drank the waters.

Matthew 4:13He left Nazareth and went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the Sea of Galilee, in the territories of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Matthew 16:18I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. The gates of Hades will not prevail against 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 →

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