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19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say ‘Behold— a man who is a glutton and drunkard[a], a friend of tax-collectors and sinners’. And wisdom was vindicated[b] by her works[c]”.

Woe To You Cities Who Have Seen My Works And Not Repented

20 Then He began to reproach[d] the cities in which most-of [e] His miracles took place, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles having taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:19 Jesus associates with people who eat and drink too much, so He must be guilty of the same! Yet He was no more guilty of this than that John had a demon.
  2. Matthew 11:19 Or, declared right.
  3. Matthew 11:19 That is, the results it produced.
  4. Matthew 11:20 Or, scold, reprimand.
  5. Matthew 11:20 Or, His very great miracles.

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