Matthew 11:23

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“You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. or, Hell For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until today.”

— WEB

“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.”

— KJV

“And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.”

— ASV

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Matthew 4:13 "Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,"
Revelation 11:8 "Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified."
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Luke 14:11 "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”"
Jude 1:7 "Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and …"

Commentary

And thou, Capernaum--(See on Mat 4:13). which art exalted unto heaven--Not even of Chorazin and Bethsaida is this said. For since at Capernaum Jesus had His stated abode during the whole period of His public life which He spent in Galilee, it was the most favored spot upon earth, the most exalted in privilege. shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom--destroyed for its pollutions. it would have remained until this day--having done no such violence to conscience, and so incurred speakably less guilt.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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