1. Matthew 11:21–22 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Will some people be judged more harshly than others?

Matthew 11:21–22 (ESV)

21 “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 in sackcloth and ashes.

Yes, man is judged not only according to his actions, but also according to what he could have done but refrained from doing. We learn here, therefore, that (a) judgment is coming, (b) people are judged according to the light they have received, and (c) there are differing degrees of condemnation (see Luke 12:47–48).1