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Matthew 10

Matt. 10:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Verily
amen (Greek #281)
properly, firm, i.e. (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it)
KJV usage: amen, verily.
Pronounce: am-ane'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (0543)
I say
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
unto you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
, Itw shall be
esomai (Greek #2071)
will be
KJV usage: shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
Pronounce: es'-om-ahee
Origin: future of 1510
more tolerable
anektoteros (Greek #414)
more endurable
KJV usage: more tolerable.
Pronounce: an-ek-tot'-er-os
Origin: comparative of a derivative of 430
for the land
ge (Greek #1093)
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
KJV usage: country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
Pronounce: ghay
Origin: contracted from a primary word
of Sodom
Sodoma (Greek #4670)
Sodoma (i.e. Sedom), a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sod'-om-ah
Origin: plural of Hebrew origin (05467)
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
Gomorrha
Gomorrha (Greek #1116)
Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Gomorrha.
Pronounce: gom'-or-hrhah
Origin: of Hebrew origin (06017)
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the day
hemera (Greek #2250)
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
KJV usage: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.
Pronounce: hay-mer'-ah
Origin: feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle
of judgment
krisis (Greek #2920)
by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
KJV usage: accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
Pronounce: kree'-sis
Origin: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against)
, than
e (Greek #2228)
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
KJV usage: and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially 2235, 2260, 2273.
Pronounce: ay
Origin: a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
for
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
polis (Greek #4172)
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: pol'-is
Origin: probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from 4183
that
ekeinos (Greek #1565)
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
KJV usage: he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those. See also 3778.
Pronounce: ek-i'-nos
Origin: from 1563
city
polis (Greek #4172)
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: pol'-is
Origin: probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from 4183
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Matt. 11:22,24• 22But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day than for you.
 24But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee. (Matt. 11:22,24)

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Sodom; Sodoma

Cross References

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verily.
Matt. 5:18• 18For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass. (Matt. 5:18)
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Matt. 24:34‑35• 34Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed away until all these things shall have taken place.
 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. (Matt. 24:34‑35)
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Matt. 11:22‑24• 22But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day than for you.
 23And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.
 24But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee. (Matt. 11:22‑24)
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Ezek. 16:48‑56• 48As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters!
 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
 50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me, and I took them away when I saw it.
 51And Samaria hath not sinned according to the half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.
 52Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
 53And I will bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;
 54that thou mayest bear thy confusion, and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them.
 55And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; thou also and thy daughters, ye shall return to your former estate.
 56Yea, Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, (Ezek. 16:48‑56)
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Mark 6:11• 11And whatsoever place shall not receive you nor hear you, departing thence, shake off the dust which is under your feet for a testimony to them. (Mark 6:11)
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Luke 10:11‑12• 11Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.
 12I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city. (Luke 10:11‑12)
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John 15:22‑24• 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
 23He that hates me hates also my Father.
 24If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:22‑24)
in the.
Matt. 12:36• 36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day: (Matt. 12:36)
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2 Peter 2:9• 9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished; (2 Peter 2:9)
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2 Peter 3:7• 7But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7)
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1 John 4:17• 17Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as *he* is, *we* also are in this world. (1 John 4:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.

W. Kelly Translation

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Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)