Matthew 10:15

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“Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.”

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BSBPD

“Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 10:15 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 16:48As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
  2. Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
  3. Matthew 11:22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
  4. Matthew 12:36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
  5. Matthew 24:34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
  6. Mark 6:11If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
  7. Luke 10:11‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
  8. John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
  9. 2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
  10. 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
  11. 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  12. 1 John 4:17In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

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