Matthew 11:13-23

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

14 "And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is ¹Elijah who was to come.

15 "²He 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 ³eating nor ⁴drinking, and they say, '⁵He has a demon!'

19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, ⁶a 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 ⁷miracles were done, because they did not repent.

21 "⁸Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, ⁹Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in ¹⁰Tyre and ¹¹Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in ¹²sackcloth and ashes.

22 "Nevertheless I say to you, ¹³it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in ¹⁴the day of judgment than for you.

23 "And you, ¹⁵Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will ¹⁶descend to ¹⁷Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in ¹⁸Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

Cross References

• 1. Malachi 4:5; Matthew 17:10-13; Mark 9:11-13; Luke 1:17; John 1:21
• 2. 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
• 3. Matthew 3:4
• 4. Luke 1:15
• 5. Matthew 9:34; John 7:20; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20
• 6. Matthew 9:11; Luke 5:29-32; Luke 15:2
• 7. Luke 10:13-15
• 8. Matthew 11:21-23: {Luke 10:13-15}
• 9. Mark 6:45; Mark 8:22; Luke 9:10; John 1:44; John 12:21
• 10. 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
• 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. Revelation 11:3
• 13. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24
• 14. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 12:36; Revelation 20:11, 12
• 15. Matthew 4:13
• 16. Isaiah 14:13, 15; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 31:14; Ezekiel 32:18, 24
• 17. Matthew 16:18; Luke 10:15; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27, 31; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13
• 18. Matthew 10:15

Footnotes

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