Matthew 11:23

God's Word

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go down to hell! If the miracles that had been worked in you had been worked in Sodom, it would still be there today.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

(The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against the Lord.)

Lamentations 2:1

“Look how the Lord has covered the people of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s beauty from heaven to earth. He didn’t ⌞even⌟ remember his footstool on the day of his anger.

Ezekiel 26:20

I will bring you down with those who descend to the grave to join the people of long ago. I will make you live below the earth among the ancient ruins with those who go down to the grave. You will never return or take your place in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

Then all the other trees growing by the water were kept from becoming arrogant because of their height, and their tops were no longer allowed to reach the clouds. So no tree, even if it is well-watered, will ever stand that tall. Every tree is going to die and go below the earth to join those who have died and gone down to the pit.

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, cry for the many people of Egypt. Bring them down along with the other mighty nations. Send them down below the earth to be with those who have gone down to the pit.

Ezekiel 32:24

“Elam is there with all its soldiers, and the graves of its soldiers are all around it. All of its soldiers are dead. They have been killed in battle. They went down below the earth as godless people. They once terrified people in the land of the living. Now they suffer disgrace with those who have gone down to the pit.

Obadiah 1:4

Even though you fly high like an eagle and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

Matthew 10:15

I can guarantee this truth: Judgment day will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city.

Matthew 16:18

You are Peter, and I can guarantee that on this rock  I will build my church. And the gates of hell will not overpower it.

Matthew 17:24

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter. They asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

Matthew 4:13

He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. This was in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus went to Capernaum, a Roman army officer came to beg him for help.

Luke 10:15

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go to hell!

Luke 14:11

Those who honor themselves will be humbled, but people who humble themselves will be honored.”

Luke 16:23

He went to hell, where he was constantly tortured. As he looked up, in the distance he saw Abraham and Lazarus.

Luke 4:23

So he said to them, “You’ll probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ and then say to me, ‘Do all the things in your hometown that we’ve heard you’ve done in Capernaum.’ ”

Acts 2:27

because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay.

Acts 2:31

David knew that the Messiah would come back to life, and he spoke about that before it ever happened. He said that the Messiah wouldn’t be left in the grave and that his body wouldn’t decay.

Jude 1:7

What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them is an example for us of the punishment of eternal fire. The people of these cities suffered the same fate that God’s people and the angels did, because they committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities.

Revelation 1:18

the living one. I was dead, but now I am alive forever. I have the keys of death and hell.

Revelation 11:8

Their dead bodies will lie on the street of the important city where their Lord was crucified. The spiritual names of that city are Sodom and Egypt.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up its dead. Death and hell gave up their dead. People were judged based on what they had done.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there was a pale horse, and its rider’s name was Death. Hell followed him. They were given power over one-fourth of the earth to kill people using wars, famines, plagues, and the wild animals on the earth.