Matthew 11:21

Woe to thee! Chorazin, woe to thee! Bethsaida; for if the virtues that be done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, sometime they had done penance in hair-shirt and ashes. (Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power, or the miracles, that had been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

In Context

20Then Jesus began to say reproof to (the) cities, in which full many virtues of him were done, for they did not penance. (Then Jesus began to rebuke the cities, in which a great many works of power, or miracles, were done by him, because they did not repent.)

22Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be less pain (ful) to Tyre and Sidon in the day of doom (or on the Day of Judgement), than to you.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 13:27thine adulteries, and thine neighing, and the felony of thy fornication on (the) little hills in the field; (yea), I saw thine abominations. Jerusalem, woe to thee, thou shalt not be cleansed after me till yet, (or Jerusalem, woe to thee, if thou shalt not be cleansed by now, then when shall it be?).

Matthew 11:22Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be less pain (ful) to Tyre and Sidon in the day of doom (or on the Day of Judgement), than to you.

Matthew 15:21And Jesus went out from thence, and went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that close (the door of) the kingdom of heavens before men [or for ye close (the door of) the realm of heaven before men]; and ye enter not, neither suffer other men entering to enter. (But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in front of people; and ye enter not, nor allow others entering to enter.)

Mark 3:8and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond (the) Jordan (River), and they that were about Tyre and Sidon, (yea), a great multitude, hearing the things that he did, came to him.

Mark 7:24And Jesus rose up from thence, and went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into an house, and would that no man knew; and he might not be hid. (And Jesus left there, and went to the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, and wanted that no one knew that he was there; but he could not stay hidden.)

Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:17-25

Christ Reproaches Chorazin, &c.. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of… Read the whole commentary →

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