Jesus Warns Unbelievers^(A)

²⁰ Then Jesus began to ·criticize [denounce; reproach] the cities where he did ·most [so many] of his ·miracles [powerful deeds], because the people did not ·change their lives and stop sinning [repent]. ²¹ He said, “·How terrible for [^LWoe to] you, Korazin! ·How terrible for [^LWoe to] you, Bethsaida! If the same ·miracles [powerful deeds] ·I did [^Lthat occurred] in you had happened in Tyre and Sidon [^Ccities in Phoenicia notorious for their wickedness], those people would have ·changed their lives [repented] a long time ago. ·They would have worn rough cloth and put ashes on themselves to show they had changed [^L…in sackcloth/burlap and ashes; ^Csigns of sorrow and deep remorse]. ²² But I tell you, on the judgment day it will be ·better [more bearable/tolerable] for Tyre and Sidon than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum [^Ca town in Galilee where Jesus lived and ministered], will you be ·lifted up to [honored/exalted in] heaven? No! you will be thrown down to ·the depths [the place of the dead; ^LHades; Is. 14:13, 15]. If the ·miracles [powerful deeds] ·I did [^Lthat occurred] in you had happened in Sodom [^Ca city God destroyed because the people were so evil; Gen. 19], it would ·still be a city [^Lhave remained until] today [^Cbecause its people would have repented and judgment averted]. ²⁴ But I tell you, on the judgment day it will be ·better [more bearable/tolerable] for [^Lthe region/land of] Sodom than for you.”