Matthew 11:21

21 1"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in 2Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 11:21 In-Context

19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."
20 Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
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.
22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Cross References 2

  • 1. For ver. 21-24, see Luke 10:12-15
  • 2. Matthew 15:21; Mark 3:8; [Isaiah 23; Ezekiel 28:2-24; Amos 1:9, 10]
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