Matthew 11:16-24 - An Unresponsive Generation

¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, who call to their fellows,

¹⁷ and say, We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we sung a dirge, and ye did not lament.

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, He hath a demon. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, Behold, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified by her works.

²⁰ Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his miracles were done, because they did not repent. ²¹ Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² But I say to you, It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. ²³ And thou, Capernaum! shalt thou be exalted to heaven? Thou shalt be brought down to the underworld; for if the miracles which were done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ But I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.