Matthew 10:15

¹³ If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; but if it is not, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

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

¹⁶ Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.
BLB: Truly I say to you⁺, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

ÅB: I sannhet sier jeg dere at det skal gå bedre med Sodomas og Gomorras land på dommens dag enn med den byen.
OTB: Sannelig sier jeg dere, det vil være mer utholdelig for Sodoma og Gomorra på dommens dag enn for den byen.
B1930: Sannelig sier jeg eder: Det skal gå Sodomas og Gomorras land tåleligere på dommens dag enn den by.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 15:22–24
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
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2 Peter 2:6
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
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Matthew 11:22–24
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
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Luke 10:11–12
‘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.’
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Ezekiel 16:48–56
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
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1 John 4:17
In 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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2 Peter 2:9
if 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.
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2 Peter 3:7
And 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.
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