Bible Verses

The Father and the Son At that time, Jesus said: “Father, LORD of heaven and earth, I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to simple people.

But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than it will be for you.”

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? You will be brought down to the realm of the dead! For if the miracles performed in you had been done in Sodom, it would still be standing today!

But I assure you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

“Alas for you, Chorazin and Bethsaida! If the miracles performed in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

He Reproves the Cities of Galilee Then Jesus started to condemn the cities where he had done most of his miracles because the people there did not repent:

Then the Son of Man came, eating and drinking, and people said, ‘Look at this man: a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet, wisdom is vindicated by her works.

For John came fasting, and people said, ‘He is possessed by a demon!’

We played the flute for you, but you wouldn’t dance. We sang a funeral song, but you wouldn’t cry!

Now, what can I compare the people of this time to? They are like children sitting in the marketplace, about whom their friends complain: