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Luke 10:14

What does Luke 10:14 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 10:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 10:14 means

Jesus states it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at judgment than for Chorazin and Bethsaida. This reiterates that cities exposed to Jesus’ teachings and wonders bear greater responsibility. Tyre and Sidon, pagan cities, are used as comparative standards; their moral failure would be less culpable because they lacked the same direct revelation. Jesus warns that privilege—being the recipient of God’s works—brings increased accountability if the response is not repentance and faith.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

Context

This verse sharpens the comparison made in verse 13, stressing the heavier judgment for Jewish towns who experienced Jesus’ ministry firsthand. It flows into a final word about Capernaum’s fate, culminating the series of warnings about cities that rejected Christ’s message despite clear evidence and opportunity.

v.13Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

v.14This passage

v.15And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 15:22

    If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

  • Romans 2:1

    Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

  • Romans 2:27

    and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?

  • John 3:19

    And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

  • Luke 12:47

    And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

  • Amos 3:2

    You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

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