Matthew 11:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ “And you, Kephar Naḥ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And you, Capernaum, are you to be lifted up to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades [the region of the dead]! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ 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.

Common English Bible

²³ And you, Capernaum, will you be honored by being raised up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the place of the dead. After all, if the miracles that were done among you had been done in Sodom, it would still be here today.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And you, Capernaum, would you be exalted all the way to heaven? You shall descend all the way to Hell. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, perhaps it would have remained, even to this day.

Matthew 11:23 Cross References

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Seḏ

Lamentations 2:1

How יהוה  in His displeasure Has covered the daughter of Tsiyon with a cloud! He has cast down from the heavens to the earth The comeliness of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 26:20

then I shall bring you down with those who go down into the Pit, to the people of old. And I shall make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in wastes of old, with those who go to the Pit, so that you do not return. But I shall establish splendour in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

so that none of the trees by the waters would exalt themselves because of their height, nor set their tops among the thick foliage, and that no tree which drinks water would ever be high enough to reach up to them. ‘For all of them shall be given up to death, to the depths of the earth, among the children of men who go down to the Pit.’

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, wail over the crowd of Mitsrayim, and send them down to the depths of the earth, her and the daughters of the mighty nations, with those going down to the Pit.

Ezekiel 32:24

“There is Ě

Obadiah 1:4

“Though you rise high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I shall bring you down,” declares יהוה.

Matthew 10:15

“Truly, I say to you, it shall be more bearable for the land of Seḏ

Matthew 16:18

“And I also say to you that you are Kĕ

Matthew 17:24

And when they came into Kephar Naḥ

Matthew 4:13

And leaving Natsareth, He came and dwelt in Kephar Naḥ

Matthew 8:5

And when יהושע  had entered Kephar Naḥ

Luke 10:15

“And you, Kephar Naḥ

Luke 14:11

“For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.”

Luke 16:23

“And while suffering tortures in the grave, having lifted up his eyes, he saw Aḇ

Luke 4:23

And He said to them, “No doubt, you shall say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard being done in Kephar Naḥ

Acts 2:27

because You shall not leave my being in the grave, nor shall You give Your Kind One to see corruption.

Acts 2:31

foreseeing this he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah, that His being was neither left in the grave, nor did His flesh see corruption.

Jude 1:7

Even as Seḏ

Revelation 1:18

and the living One. And I became dead, and see, I am living forever and ever. Amĕ

Revelation 11:8

and their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Seḏ

Revelation 20:13

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

Revelation 6:8

And I looked and saw a pale horse. And he who sat on it had the name Death, and the grave followed with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.