Matthew 11:12-22

12 "¹From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.

13 "For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

14 "And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is ²Elijah who was to come.

15 "³He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

17 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'

18 "For John came neither ⁴eating nor ⁵drinking, and they say, '⁶He has a demon!'

19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, ⁷a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

The Unrepenting Cities

20 Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His ⁸miracles were done, because they did not repent.

21 "⁹Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, ¹⁰Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in ¹¹Tyre and ¹²Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in ¹³sackcloth and ashes.

22 "Nevertheless I say to you, ¹⁴it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in ¹⁵the day of judgment than for you.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 16:16
• 2. Malachi 4:5; Matthew 17:10-13; Mark 9:11-13; Luke 1:17; John 1:21
• 3. Revelation 13:9, 43">Matt Revelation 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8; Luke 14:35; Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22; Revelation 13:9
• 4. Matthew 3:4
• 5. Luke 1:15
• 6. Matthew 9:34; John 7:20; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20
• 7. Matthew 9:11; Luke 5:29-32; Luke 15:2
• 8. Luke 10:13-15
• 9. Matthew 11:21-23: {Luke 10:13-15}
• 10. Mark 6:45; Mark 8:22; Luke 9:10; John 1:44; John 12:21
• 11. Matthew 11:22; Matthew 15:21; Mark 3:8; Mark 7:24, 31; Luke 4:26; Luke 6:17; Acts 12:20; Acts 27:3
• 12. Matthew 11:22; Matthew 15:21; Mark 3:8; Mark 7:24, 31; Luke 4:26; Luke 6:17; Acts 12:20; Acts 27:3
• 13. Revelation 11:3
• 14. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24
• 15. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 12:36; Revelation 20:11, 12

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "is forcibly entered"
• [b]. Or "seize it for themselves"
• [c]. Or "is going to come"
• [d]. Or "hear!" Or "listen!"
• [e]. Lit "beat the breast"
• [f]. Or "wine-drinker"
• [g]. I.e. irreligious Jews
• [h]. Or "works of power"
• [i]. Or "works of power"
• [j]. I.e. symbols of mourning