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Matthew 11:23

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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.

And {G2532} thou {G4771}, Capernaum {G2584}, which {G3588} art exalted {G5312} unto {G2193} heaven {G3772}, shalt be brought down {G2601} to {G2193} hell {G86}: for {G3754} if {G1487} the mighty works {G1411}, which {G3588} have been done {G1096} in {G1722} thee {G4671}, had been done {G1096} in {G1722} Sodom {G4670}, it would have remained {G302}{G3306} until {G3360} this day {G4594}.

And you, K'far-Nachum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Sh'ol!b For if the miracles done in you had been done in S'dom, it would still be in existence today.

And 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.

And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.

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Cross-References

  • John 4:46 (6 votes)

    So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

  • John 4:54 (6 votes)

    This [is] again the second miracle [that] Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

  • Isaiah 14:13 (6 votes)

    For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

  • Isaiah 14:15 (6 votes)

    Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

  • Matthew 4:13 (5 votes)

    And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

  • Genesis 13:13 (5 votes)

    But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

  • Revelation 11:8 (4 votes)

    And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.