Mat 11:22-24, Luk 10:12-14, 12:47-48, Jam 3:1 | ESV | STEP | But I tell you , it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you .

22 ^aBut I tell you, it will be more bearable on ^bthe day of judgment for ^cTyre and Sidon than for you. 23 And you, ^dCapernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to ^eHades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 ^fBut I tell you that ^git will be more tolerable on ^hthe day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

Luke 10:12-14

12 I tell you, ⁱit will be more bearable on ^jthat day for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

13 ^k“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ^lTyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 ^mBut it will be more bearable in the judgment for ⁿTyre and Sidon than for you.

Luke 12:47-48

47 ^oAnd that servant who ^pknew his master’s will but ^qdid not get ready ^ror act according to his will, will receive a ^ssevere beating. 48 ^tBut the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, ^uwill receive a light beating. ^vEveryone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

James 3:1

Taming the Tongue

1 ^wNot many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.