Luke 16:23

| Luke 16 |

23 and in k Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and l saw Abraham far off and Lazarus j at his side.

Matthew 11:23

| Matt 11 |

23 And you, e Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to f Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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Matt. 11:1–12:50 Opposition to the Messiah Emerges. Resistance to Jesus' ministry has appeared occasionally (e.g., 9:3–4) but now begins to build significantly, occasioned first by the innocuous questions of John the Baptist (11:2–19), then through the overt hostility of the Jewish religious leaders (12:1–45).

Matt. 11:1–30 Jesus, John the Baptist, and Ministry in Galilee. Jesus responds to John the Baptist's questions (vv. 2–6) with a mild rebuke and a glowing tribute (vv. 7–19). He then speaks words of judgment on the unrepentant (vv. 20–24) and words of invitation to those who would find their rest in him (vv. 25–30).

Matt. 11:20–24 Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum were the cities in which most of Jesus' miracles were performed, and yet their occupants rejected Jesus' mission and remained unrepentant. For Bethsaida and Capernaum, see notes on Mark 1:21; Luke 9:10. Chorazin has been identified with Khirbet Karazeh, just northwest of Capernaum. Tyre and Sidon were Gentile cities in Phoenicia (see Mark 7:24) and were often the object of condemnation by OT prophets for their Baal worship and arrogant materialism. Sodom was the epitome of a “city of sin.” Yet, Jesus says, even Sodom would have repented if it had witnessed his miracles and the reality of the kingdom.