Matthew 11:20
“¶ Then began he to vpbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.”
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Matthew 11:20 Context
18For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a deuill. 19The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine bibber, a friend of publicanes and sinners: but wisedom is iustified of her children. 20¶ Then began he to vpbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. 21Woe vnto thee Chorazin, woe vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were done in you, had bene done in Tyre and Sidon, they would haue repented long agoe in sackcloth and ashes. 22But I say vnto you, It shall bee more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.
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Other Translations for Matthew 11:20
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
- King James Version
Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.
- Basic English Bible
Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.
- Darby Bible
Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they repented not.
- Webster's Bible
Then began He to upbraid the towns where most of His mighty works had been done--because they had not repented.
- Weymouth Bible
Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.
- World English Bible
Thanne Jhesus bigan to seye repreef to citees, in whiche ful manye vertues of him weren doon, for thei diden not penaunce.
- Wycliffe Bible
Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 11:20
11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities - It is observable he had never upbraided them before. Indeed at first they received him with all gladness, Capernaum in particular.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 11:20
Mt 11:20 Then he began to upbraid the cities, etc. Compare Lu 10:12-15. The cities in the vicinity of the Sea of Galilee had, thus far, heard and seen the most of the Lord and had the least excuse for rejecting him. In all the reproofs of Jesus there is sadness in the severity. The very denunciations seem to mourn. In which most of his mighty works were done. We know of a number of miracles which had been wrought in these cities, the healing of the centurion's servant, of the son of nobleman, of the diseased woman, of two blind men, and the raising of the daughter of Jairus. The Scriptures assure us that these were only a very small part of the mighty works he did. See Mt 9:35. Because they repented not. The great end proposed by the gospel is repentance and a new life.