Matthew 11:15-25

15 "¹He 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 ²eating nor ³drinking, and they say, '⁴He has a demon!'

19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, ⁵a 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 ⁶miracles were done, because they did not repent.

21 "⁷Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, ⁸Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in ⁹Tyre and ¹⁰Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in ¹¹sackcloth and ashes.

22 "Nevertheless I say to you, ¹²it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in ¹³the day of judgment than for you.

23 "And you, ¹⁴Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will ¹⁵descend to ¹⁶Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in ¹⁷Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

24 "Nevertheless I say to you that ¹⁸it will be more tolerable for the land of ¹⁹Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you."

Come to Me

25 ²⁰At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, ²¹Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that ²²You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

Cross References

• 1. 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
• 2. Matthew 3:4
• 3. Luke 1:15
• 4. Matthew 9:34; John 7:20; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20
• 5. Matthew 9:11; Luke 5:29-32; Luke 15:2
• 6. Luke 10:13-15
• 7. Matthew 11:21-23: {Luke 10:13-15}
• 8. Mark 6:45; Mark 8:22; Luke 9:10; John 1:44; John 12:21
• 9. 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
• 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. Revelation 11:3
• 12. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24
• 13. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 12:36; Revelation 20:11, 12
• 14. Matthew 4:13
• 15. Isaiah 14:13, 15; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 31:14; Ezekiel 32:18, 24
• 16. Matthew 16:18; Luke 10:15; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27, 31; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13
• 17. Matthew 10:15
• 18. Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22
• 19. Matthew 10:15
• 20. Matthew 11:25-27: {Luke 10:21, 22}
• 21. Luke 22:42; Luke 23:34; John 11:41; John 12:27, 28
• 22. Psalms 8:2; 1 Corinthians 1:26f

Footnotes

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