MATTHEW 11:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.”
But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you. The judgment statement for Capernaum parallels the judgment statement for Chorazin and Bethsaida: more tolerable for Sodom than for the city that witnessed the Son of Man's ministry. The chapter's movement from John's question (verses 2–6) through the praise of John (verses 7–15) to the denunciation of the unrepentant (verses 16–24) communicates the stakes of the kingdom's arrival: the presence of Jesus is either the greatest opportunity or the heaviest accountability.
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