Matthew 11:20

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Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent:

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  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. 13 So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts to follow their own counsels.
  • Isa 1:2-5 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. 3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey knows its master's feeding trough, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand. 4 Woe to a sinful nation, a people loaded down with guilt, offspring of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, spurned the Holy One of Israel, and turned their backs on Him. 5 Why will you still be struck down? Why do you continue to rebel? Every head is sick, and every heart is faint.
  • Luke 10:13-15 : 13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles performed in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades.
  • Acts 17:20 : 20 For you bring some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.
  • 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 Gently instruct those who oppose you, in the hope that God might grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth. 26 Then they may come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.
  • Rev 2:21 : 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
  • Rev 9:20-21 : 20 The rest of humanity, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
  • Rev 16:9 : 9 They were scorched by the intense heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues. But they refused to repent and glorify him.
  • Rev 16:11 : 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, but they refused to repent of their deeds.
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I have listened and heard, but they do not speak what is right. No one repents of their wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to their own course, like a horse charging into battle.
  • Mic 6:1-5 : 1 Listen now to what the Lord says: "Arise, present your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice." 2 Hear, O mountains, the Lord's lawsuit, and you enduring foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against His people, and He will dispute with Israel. 3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me! 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam ahead of you. 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.
  • Matt 12:41 : 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here.
  • Matt 21:28-32 : 28 What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.' 29 The son replied, 'I don’t want to.' But later, he changed his mind and went. 30 The man then went to the second son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.' 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 Jesus replied, 'O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 Later, as they were reclining at the table, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who had seen him after he was raised.

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

    22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

    23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

    24But I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.

  • Luke 10:12-15
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    12I tell you, on that day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.

    13Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles performed in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

    14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

    15And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades.

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    31Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

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    15Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

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    11If any place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

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    16To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions:

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    5No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

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    3No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

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