Matthew 11:23

New Century Version

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the depths. If the miracles I did in you had happened in Sodom, its people would have stopped sinning, and it would still be a city today.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord.

Lamentations 2:1

Look how the Lord in his anger has brought Jerusalem to shame. He has thrown down the greatness of Israel from the sky to the earth; he did not remember the Temple, his footstool, on the day of his anger.

Ezekiel 26:20

At that time I will send you down to the place of the dead to join those who died long ago. I will make you live with the dead below the earth in places that are like old ruins. You will not come back from there or have any place in the world of the living again.

Ezekiel 31:14

So the trees that grow by the water will not be proud to be tall; they will not put their tops among the clouds. None of the trees that are watered well will grow that tall, because they all are meant to die and go under the ground. They will be with people who have died and have gone down to the place of the dead.

Ezekiel 32:18

“Human, cry for the people of Egypt. Bring down Egypt, together with the women of the powerful nations; bring them down to the place of the dead below the earth to join those who go to the place of the dead.

Ezekiel 32:24

“The nation of Elam is there with all its army around its grave. All of them were killed in war. They had frightened people on earth and were unclean, so they went down to the lowest parts of the place of the dead. They must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the place of the dead.

Obadiah 1:4

Even if you fly high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Matthew 10:15

I tell you the truth, on the Judgment Day it will be better for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah than for the people of that town.

Matthew 16:18

So I tell you, you are Peter. On this rock I will build my church, and the power of death will not be able to defeat it.

Matthew 17:24

When Jesus and his followers came to Capernaum, the men who collected the Temple tax came to Peter. They asked, “Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?”

Matthew 4:13

He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum, a town near Lake Galilee, in the area near Zebulun and Naphtali.

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus entered the city of Capernaum, an army officer came to him, begging for help.

Luke 10:15

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the depths!

Luke 14:11

All who make themselves great will be made humble, but those who make themselves humble will be made great.”

Luke 16:23

In the place of the dead, he was in much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus at his side.

Luke 4:23

Jesus said to them, “I know that you will tell me the old saying: ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You want to say, ‘We heard about the things you did in Capernaum. Do those things here in your own town!’ ”

Acts 2:27

because you will not leave me in the grave. You will not let your Holy One rot.

Acts 2:31

Knowing this before it happened, David talked about the Christ rising from the dead. He said: ‘He was not left in the grave. His body did not rot.’

Jude 1:7

Also remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other towns around them. In the same way they were full of sexual sin and people who desired sexual relations that God does not allow. They suffer the punishment of eternal fire, as an example for all to see.

Revelation 1:18

I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and to the place of the dead.

Revelation 11:8

The bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city where the Lord was killed. This city is named Sodom and Egypt, which has a spiritual meaning.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. Each person was judged by what he had done.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.