But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
Matthew 10:15 - New International Version (Anglicised) Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Truly I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. American Standard Version (1901) Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Common English Bible I assure you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than it will be for that city. Catholic Public Domain Version Amen I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. |
But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Many will say to me on that day, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?”
And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.’
There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.’
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.’
their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
if 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.
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: in this world we are like Jesus.
And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling – these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.