God’s Word Translation
Luke 10:13
13“How horrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles worked in your cities had been worked in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed the way they thought and acted. Long ago they would have worn sackcloth and sat in ashes.
Luke 10:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Context of Luke 10:13
11‘We are wiping your city’s dust from our feet in protest against you! But realize that God’s kingdom is near you!’ 12I can guarantee that judgment day will be easier for Sodom than for that city. “How horrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles worked in your cities had been worked in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed the way they thought and acted. Long ago they would have worn sackcloth and sat in ashes. 14Judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go to hell!
Read all of Luke 10Luke 10:13 word by word
Οὐαί σοι Χοραζίν, οὐαί σοι Βηθσαϊδά· ὅτι εἰ ἐν Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἐγενήθησαν αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ γενόμεναι ἐν ὑμῖν, πάλαι ἂν ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σποδῷ καθήμενοι μετενόησαν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Woeοὐαίouai · woe!G3759
- unto theeσύsu · youG4771
- ChorazinΧοραζίνChorazin · ChorazinG5523
- BethsaidaΒηθσαϊδάBēthsaida · BethsaidaG966
- forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- the mighty worksδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
- had been doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- TyreΤύροςTuros · TyreG5184
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- SidonΣιδώνSidōn · SidonG4605
- they hadμετανοέωmetanoeō · to repentG3340
- a great while agoπάλαιpalai · of oldG3819
- ·ἄνan · ifG302
- sittingκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
- sackclothσάκκοςsakkos · sackclothG4526
- ashesσποδόςspodos · ashesG4700
Cross-references for Luke 10:13
- Matthew 11:20Then Jesus denounced the cities where he had worked most of his miracles because they had not changed the way they thought and acted.
- Ezekiel 3:6I am not sending you to nations whose language is hard to understand, difficult to speak, or whose words you cannot understand. If I send you to those nations, they will certainly listen to you.
- Acts 28:25The Jews, unable to agree among themselves, left after Paul had quoted this particular passage to them: “How well the Holy Spirit spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!
- Romans 9:29This is what Isaiah predicted: “If the Lord of Armies hadn’t left us some descendants, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.”
- Romans 11:8as Scripture says, “To this day God has given them a spirit of deep sleep. Their eyes don’t see, and their ears don’t hear!”
- 1 Timothy 4:2These people will speak lies disguised as truth. Their consciences have been scarred as if branded by a red-hot iron.
- Isaiah 23:1This is the divine revelation about Tyre. Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish! Your port at Tyre is destroyed. Word has come to the ships from Cyprus.
- Ezekiel 26:1On the first day of the month in the eleventh year, the Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
- Luke 9:10The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. He took them with him to a city called Bethsaida so that they could be alone.
- Mark 8:22As they came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus. They begged Jesus to touch him.
- Job 42:6That is why I take back what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry.”
- Isaiah 61:3⌞He has sent me⌟ to provide for all those who grieve in Zion, to give them crowns instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of ⌞tears of⌟ grief, and clothes of praise instead of a spirit of weakness. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, the Plantings of the Lord, so that he might display his glory.
- Daniel 9:3So I turned to the Lord God and looked to him for help. I prayed, pleaded, and fasted in sackcloth and ashes.
- John 3:5Jesus answered Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can enter God’s kingdom without being born of water and the Spirit.
Commentaries on Luke 10:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Wo unto thee, Chorazin! - See on Matthew 11:21-24; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-15Verses 13-15 See the notes at Matthew 11:21-24.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Chorazin and Bethsaida were towns where Jesus taught. They were on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Tyre and Sidon were Gentile cities in Phoenicia, on the Mediterranean coast north of Galilee. The prophets had delivered messages of judgment against their evil behavior (Isaiah 23; Ezekiel 28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-24As our Lord's end approaches, the preparations for the establishment of the coming Kingdom are quickened and extended. 1. the Lord--a becoming title here, as this appointment was an act truly lordly [Bengel]. other seventy also--rather, "others (also in number), seventy"; probably with allusion to the seventy elders of Israel on whom the Spirit descended in the wilderness (Nu 11:24, 25). The mission, unlike that of the Twelve, was evidently quite…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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