22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
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But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
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.
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. …
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, …
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-24)Christ was going on in the praise of John the Baptist and his ministry, but here stops on a sudden, and turns that to the reproach of those who enjoyed both that, and the ministry of Christ and his apostles too, in vain. As to that generation, we may observe to whom he compares them (Matt. 11:16-19), and as to the particular places he instances in, we may observe with whom he compares them , Matt.…
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