TrulyἀμὴνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνit will beἔσταιmore bearableἀνεκτότερονfor the landγῇof SodomΣοδόμωνandκαὶGomorrahΓομόρρωνonἐνthe dayἡμέρᾳof judgmentκρίσεωςthanἢfor thatτῇ ἐκείνῃtown.πόλει
Matthew 10:15
Study it in the app“Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 10:15, word by word
- Trulyἀμὴνamēn
truly
"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “amēn” appears- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- it will beἔσταιestai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estai” appears- more bearableἀνεκτότερονanektoteron
tolerable
Tolerable, bearable; "more tolerable".
Where else “anektoteron” appears- for the landγῇgēi
land
A country or a region.
Where else “gēi” appears- of SodomΣοδόμωνSodomōn
Sodom
See it on the mapWhere else “Sodomōn” appears- GomorrahΓομόρρωνGomorrōn
Gomorrah
Gomorrah: a city destroyed together with Sodom.
Where else “Gomorrōn” appears- the dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmerai” appears- of judgmentκρίσεωςkriseōs
judgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “kriseōs” appears- townπόλειpolei
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polei” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The sending of the twelve
Mark 6:7-13Luke 9:1-6Luke 10:1-12
Luke 10 tells of the sending of the seventy-two; it is discussed whether it is the same sending.
See them side by side
Matthew 10:5-15
5These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, saying, “Do not go off onto a road of the nations, and do not enter into a town of Samaritans; 6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7And as you go, proclaim, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Freely you received; freely give. 9Do not acquire gold or silver or copper for your belts, 10no bag for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the worker is worthy of his food. 11And whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. 12As you enter the house, greet it. 13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14And whoever does not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out of that house or town, shake off the dust from your feet. 15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
7And he summons the Twelve and began to send them out two by two, and he was giving them authority over the unclean spirits. 8And he instructed them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no copper coins in their belts, 9but to wear sandals; “and do not put on two tunics.” 10And he was saying to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you leave from there. 11And whatever place does not receive you nor listen to you, as you leave from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet as a testimony to them.” 12And going out, they proclaimed that people should change their minds. 13And they were driving out many demons, and anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.
1And having called together the Twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases. 2And he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3And he said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither staff nor bag nor bread nor money, nor have two tunics apiece. 4And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. 5And as for those who do not receive you, when you go out from that city shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.” 6And going out, they went through the villages proclaiming the good news and curing people everywhere.
1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others also, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he himself was about to come. 2And he was saying to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the workers are few; so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. 3Go; look, I am sending you like lambs in the midst of wolves. 4Do not carry a money bag, nor a bag, nor sandals; and greet no one on the road. 5And whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7And remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things offered by them; for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house. 8And whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you, 9and cure the sick in it, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11‘Even the dust from your city that clung to our feet we wipe off against you; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12I tell you that it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that city.
Places in this verse
Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
The context
14And whoever does not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out of that house or town, shake off the dust from your feet.
15 · This verse (above)
16Look, I am sending you like sheep among wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
To study Matthew 10 in a group
1. What it says
What instructions did Jesus give the twelve when he sent them out (vv. 7–10)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus say not to be afraid, even while he announces that there will be opposition (vv. 26–31)?
3. How I live it
Jesus says whoever gives a cup of cold water will not lose their reward (v. 42). Whom can you serve this way today?