^24 (A) and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah. ²⁵ He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.

^26 (B) On the way, Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a block of salt.

²⁷ That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord. ²⁸ He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and saw smoke rising from all over the land—it was like a flaming furnace.

^24 (A) So I tell you on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than you.

^15 (A) I promise you the day of judgment will be easier for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah^[a] than for that town.