# Luke 10.12-14

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say,</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.</span>
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> **12. <span class="rl-speech">I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">Woe 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.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.</span>**
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> 15. <span class="rl-speech">And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.</span> (Luke 10:10-16, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’</span>
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> **12. I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. 13. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, 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. 14. But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.**
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> 15. You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. 16. Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” (Luke 10:10-16, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.</span>
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> **12. <span class="rl-speech">But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.</span>**
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> 15. <span class="rl-speech">And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.</span> (Luke 10:10-16, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 10. <span class="rl-speech">'And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;</span>
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> **12. <span class="rl-speech">and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">'Woe to thee, Chorazin; woe to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.</span>**
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> 15. <span class="rl-speech">'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">'He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'</span> (Luke 10:10-16, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
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- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.


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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Counterfactuals of Freedom](/codex/counterfactuals-of-freedom/), via [Luke 10.13-15](/codex/luke-10-13-15/)
- [Degrees of Punishment](/codex/degrees-of-punishment/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 10](/codex/luke-10/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.