But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 'It has been indeed,' says Dr. Stanley, 'more tolerable, in one sense, in the day of its earthly judgment, for the land of Sodom than for Capernaum: for the name, and perhaps even the remains, of Sodom are still to be found on the shores of the Dead Sea: while that of Capernaum has, on the Lake of Gennesareth, been utterly lost.' But the judgment of which our Lord here speaks is still future; a judgment not on material cities, but their responsible inhabitants-a judgment final and irretrievable.