Matthew 11:16-24

English Standard Version

¹⁶“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

¹⁷“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

¹⁸For John came ^(A)neither eating ^(B)nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹The Son of Man came ^(C)eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^(D)a friend of ^(E)tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”^[a]

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

²⁰^(F)Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. ²¹^(G)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ^(H)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²²^(I)But I tell you, it will be more bearable on ^(J)the day of judgment for ^(K)Tyre and Sidon than for you. ²³And you, ^(L)Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to ^(M)Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴^(N)But I tell you that ^(O)it will be more tolerable on ^(P)the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”