Discovery BoxMatthew 5:21 
Context5:21 “You have heard that it was said to an older generation, 1 ‘Do not murder,’ 2 and ‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’
Matthew 10:15
Context10:15 I tell you the truth, 3 it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah 4 on the day of judgment than for that town!
Matthew 11:22
Context11:22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!
Matthew 11:24
Context11:24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom 5 on the day of judgment than for you!”
1 tn Grk “to the ancient ones.”
2 sn A quotation from Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17.
3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
4 sn The allusion to Sodom and Gomorrah, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious than the worst sins of the old era and will result in more severe punishment.
5 sn The allusion to Sodom, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious, and will result in more severe punishment, than the worst sins of the old era. The phrase region of Sodom is in emphatic position in the Greek text.
