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Luke 10:12
I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
Luke 10:12 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 10:12 in other translations
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
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In context
9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.
10 But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,
11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
12 I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
13 A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.
14 But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.
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