Matthew 11:20

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Summary

Matthew 11:20

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

Began

Luke 10:13

Upbraid

Because

General references

John 4:30

John 10:37

John 12:37

Bible References

Began

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

Upbraid

But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not yield to me.

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for Yahweh has spoken: "I reared children and I brought [them] up, but they rebelled against me.

Hear now what Yahweh says: "Arise! Plead [your case] with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice."

And he answered them [and] said, "O unbelieving generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

And later, [while] they were reclining at table, he appeared to the eleven. And he reprimanded their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him [after he] had been raised.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

Because

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!

"Now what do you think? A man had two sons. [He] approached the first [and] said, 'Son, go work in the vineyard today.'

I have listened attentively, and I have listened. They do not speak honestly, there is no man [who] regrets his wickedness, saying, 'What have I done?' All of them [are] turning to their ways of running, like a horse plunging into battle.

For you are bringing some astonishing things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what {these things mean}."

correcting those who are opposed with gentleness, [seeing] whether perhaps God may grant them repentance to a knowledge of the truth,

And I have given her time in order to repent, and she did not want to repent from her sexual immorality.

And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, {in order not to worship} the demons and the gold and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see nor to hear nor to walk,

And people were burned up [by the] great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.

General references

They went out from the town and were coming to him.

If I do not do the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

But as many signs [as] he had performed before them, they did not believe in him,