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19 And I, the Messiah,[a] feast and drink, and you complain that I am ‘a glutton and a drinking man, and hang around with the worst sort of sinners!’ But brilliant men like you can justify your every inconsistency!”

20 Then he began to pour out his denunciations against the cities where he had done most of his miracles, because they hadn’t turned to God.

21 “Woe to you, Chorazin, and woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in your streets had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon,[b] their people would have repented long ago in shame and humility.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:19 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.” brilliant men like you can justify your every inconsistency, literally, “wisdom is justified by her children.”
  2. Matthew 11:21 Tyre and Sidon, cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Also Sodom in v. 23.

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