Matthew 11:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honoured in heaven? You will go down to hell! If the miracles that took place in your town had happened in Sodom, that town would still be standing.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the LORD.

Lamentations 2:1

The Lord was angry! So he disgraced Zion though it was Israel's pride and his own place of rest. In his anger he threw Zion down from heaven to earth.

Ezekiel 26:20

and carry you down to the world of the dead, where you will join people of ancient times and towns ruined long ago. You will stay there and never again be a city filled with people.

Ezekiel 31:14

Never again will any tree dare to grow as tall as this tree, no matter how much water it has. Every tree must die, just as humans die and go down to the world of the dead.

Ezekiel 32:18

Ezekiel, son of man, mourn for the Egyptians and condemn them to the world of the dead, where they will be buried beside the people of other powerful nations.

Ezekiel 32:24

The graves of soldiers from Elam are there. The very sight of those godless soldiers once terrified their enemies and made them panic. But now they are disgraced and ashamed as they lie in the world of the dead, beside others who were killed in battle.

Obadiah 1:4

I will still bring you down, even if you fly higher than an eagle or nest among the stars. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Matthew 10:15

I promise you that the day of judgment will be easier for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Matthew 16:18

So I will call you Peter, which means “a rock”. On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.

Matthew 17:24

When Jesus and the others arrived in Capernaum, the collectors for the temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the temple tax?”

Matthew 4:13

But instead of staying in Nazareth, Jesus moved to Capernaum. This town was beside Lake Galilee in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said,

Luke 10:15

People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honoured in heaven? Well, you will go down to hell!

Luke 14:11

If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honoured.

Luke 16:23

He went to hell and was suffering terribly. When he looked up and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side,

Luke 4:23

Jesus answered: You will certainly want to tell me this saying, “Doctor, first make yourself well.” You will tell me to do the same things here in my own home town that you heard I did in Capernaum.

Acts 2:27

The Lord won't leave me in the grave. I am his holy one, and he won't let my body decay.

Acts 2:31

David knew this would happen, and so he told us that Christ would be raised to life. He said that God would not leave him in the grave or let his body decay.

Jude 1:7

We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and did all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.

Revelation 1:18

and the living one. I died, but now I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead.

Revelation 11:8

Their bodies will be left lying in the streets of the same great city where their Lord was nailed to a cross. And that city is spiritually like the city of Sodom or the country of Egypt.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead people who were in it, and death and its kingdom also gave up their dead. Then everyone was judged by what they had done.

Revelation 6:8

Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Death's Kingdom followed behind. They were given power over one fourth of the earth, and they could kill its people with swords, famines, diseases, and wild animals.