21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago (A)in sackcloth and ashes.

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21 Then they came to Philip, (A)who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

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Feeding the Five Thousand(A)

10 (B)And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. (C)Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

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Jesus Walks on the Sea(A)

45 (B)Immediately He [a]made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away.

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  1. Mark 6:45 invited, strongly urged

A Gentile Shows Her Faith(A)

21 (B)Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

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not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, (A)had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. But the house of Israel will not listen to you, (B)because they will not listen to Me; (C)for all the house of Israel are [a]impudent and hard-hearted.

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  1. Ezekiel 3:7 Lit. strong of forehead

Therefore I (A)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”

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  1. Job 42:6 despise

11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (A)of Cain, (B)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (C)in the rebellion of Korah.

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Herod’s Violent Death

20 Now Herod had been very angry with the people of (A)Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus [a]the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because (B)their country was [b]supplied with food by the king’s country.

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  1. Acts 12:20 who was in charge of the king’s bedchamber
  2. Acts 12:20 Lit. nourished

44 Now (A)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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Jesus Heals a Great Multitude(A)

17 And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples (B)and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases,

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A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida

22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a (A)blind man to Him, and begged Him to (B)touch him.

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Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute(A)

31 (B)Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee.

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and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how (A)many things He was doing, came to Him.

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22 But I say to you, (A)it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

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25 So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to [a]our fathers, 26 saying,

(A)‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
27 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.” ’

28 “Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent (B)to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!”

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  1. Acts 28:25 NU your

And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius (A)treated Paul kindly and gave him liberty to go to his friends and receive care.

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44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they (A)opposed the things spoken by Paul. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, (B)“It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but (C)since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, (D)we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has commanded us:

(E)‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’

48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. (F)And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

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Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is (B)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ (C)The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Nicodemus answered and said to Him, (D)“How can these things be?”

10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

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42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and (B)pass by justice and the (C)love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 43 (D)Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the [a]best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 (E)Woe to you, [b]scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (F)For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.

45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”

46 And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! (G)For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 (H)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, (I)‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ 50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, 51 (J)from the blood of Abel to (K)the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

52 (L)“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”

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  1. Luke 11:43 Or places of honor
  2. Luke 11:44 NU omits scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites

Woe to the Impenitent Cities(A)

13 (B)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! (C)For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 (D)And you, Capernaum, [a]who are (E)exalted to heaven, (F)will be brought down to Hades.

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  1. Luke 10:15 NU will you be exalted to heaven? You will be thrust down to Hades!

26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to [a]Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

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  1. Luke 4:26 Gr. Sarepta

A Gentile Shows Her Faith(A)

24 (B)From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre [a]and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be (C)hidden.

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  1. Mark 7:24 NU omits and Sidon

24 The Son of Man indeed goes just (A)as it is written of Him, but (B)woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! (C)It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

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13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 [a]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (B)For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of [b]hell as yourselves.

16 “Woe to you, (C)blind guides, who say, (D)‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it. 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold (E)or the temple that [c]sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it. 19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift (F)or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore he who [d]swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by (G)Him who [e]dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by (H)the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (I)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and (J)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (K)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [f]self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (L)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 (M)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [g]adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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  1. Matthew 23:14 NU omits v. 14.
  2. Matthew 23:15 Gr. Gehenna
  3. Matthew 23:17 NU sanctified
  4. Matthew 23:20 Swears an oath
  5. Matthew 23:21 M dwelt
  6. Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness
  7. Matthew 23:29 decorate

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