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23 [a]And as for you, Capernaum:

‘Will you be exalted to heaven?(A)
    You will go down to the netherworld.’

For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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  1. 11:23 Capernaum’s pride and punishment are described in language taken from the taunt song against the king of Babylon (Is 14:13–15).

23 And you, Capernaum, (A)who[a] are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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  1. Matthew 11:23 NU will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be