Matthew 11:16-24

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 ^[a]mourn.’ ¹⁸ For John came neither ^(A)eating nor ^(B)drinking, and they say, ‘^(C)He has a demon!’ ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a ^[b]drunkard, ^(D)a friend of tax collectors and ^[c]sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

The Unrepenting Cities

²⁰ Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His ^[d](E)miracles were done, because they did not repent. ²¹ “^(F)Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, ^(G)Bethsaida! For if the ^[e]miracles had occurred in ^(H)Tyre and ^(I)Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in ^[f](J)sackcloth and ashes. ²² Nevertheless I say to you, ^(K)it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in ^(L)the day of judgment than for you. ²³ And you, ^(M)Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will ^(N)descend to ^(O)Hades; for if the ^[g]miracles had occurred in ^(P)Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. ²⁴ Nevertheless I say to you that ^(Q)it will be more tolerable for the land of ^(R)Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.”