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Atomic Bible
Matthew 11:24
But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
from Woe to the Unrepentant, Matthew 11:20-24
What it says

Jesus says Sodom will fare more bearably on the day of judgment than Capernaum.

What it is doing

The verse sharpens the warning with the severest comparison.

In context

20Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”