19 The Son of men came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend unto Publicans and sinners: [a]but [b]wisdom is justified of her children.

20 (A)[c]Then began he to upbraid the cities, wherein most of his great works were done, because they repented not.

21 Woe be to thee Chorazin: Woe be to thee Bethsaida: for if the great works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they had repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:19 That which the most part refuse, the elect and chosen embrace.
  2. Matthew 11:19 Wise men do acknowledge the wisdom of the Gospel, when they receive it.
  3. Matthew 11:20 The proud reject the Gospel offered unto them, to their great hurt and smart which turneth to the salvation of the simple.

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