Matthew 11:22
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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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But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you--more endurable.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. The constant and unwearied diligence of our Lord Jesus in his great work of preaching the gospel (Mat 11:1). II. His discourse with the disciples of John concerning his being the Messiah (Mat 11:2-6). III. The honourable testimony that Christ bore to John Baptist (Mat 11:7-15). IV. The sad account he gives of that generation in general, and of some particular places with reference to the success, both of John's ministry and of his own (v. 16-24). V. His thanksgiving to his Father for the wise and gracious method he had taken in revealing the great mysteries of the gospel (v. 25, 26). VI. His gracious call and invitation of poor sinners to come to him, and to be ruled, and taught, and saved by him (v. 27-30). No Where have we more of the terror of gospel woes for warning to us, or of the sweetness of gospel grace for encouragement to us, than in this chapter, which sets before us life and death, the blessing and the curse.
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But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
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.
all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
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.
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.