20
ThenΤότεhe beganἤρξατοto reproachὀνειδίζεινthe townsτὰς πόλειςinἐνwhichαἷςmostαἱ πλεῖσταιof hisαὐτοῦmiraclesδυνάμειςhad been done,ἐγένοντοbecauseὅτιthey had notοὐchanged their minds.μετενόησαν
Matthew 11:20
Study it in the app“Then he began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been done, because they had not changed their minds.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 11:20, word by word
- ThenΤότεTote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “Tote” appears- he beganἤρξατοērxato
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “ērxato” appears- to reproachὀνειδίζεινoneidizein
reproach
To throw something in someone's face.
Where else “oneidizein” appears- the townsπόλειςpoleis
city, town
City, town.
Where else “poleis” appears- mostπλεῖσταιpleistai
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pleistai” appears- miraclesδυνάμειςdynameis
mighty work
A deed of God that shows his might.
Where else “dynameis” appears- had been doneἐγένοντοegenonto
be made
To come into being, to be made.
Where else “egenonto” appears- changed their mindsμετενόησανmetenoēsan
change one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
Where else “metenoēsan” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Woes on the cities of the lake
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
See them side by side
Matthew 11:20-24
20Then he began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been done, because they had not changed their minds. 21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds 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, you will not be exalted to heaven, will you? To Hades you will go down; for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until 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.”
12I tell you that it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that city. 13Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, will you really be exalted as far as heaven? You will be brought down as far as Hades!
The context
19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a man who is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was declared righteous by her works.”
20 · This verse (above)
21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
To study Matthew 11 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus tell John's messengers to report about what they hear and see (vv. 4–5)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus say his yoke is easy and his burden light (vv. 28–30)?
3. How I live it
Jesus invites the weary and burdened to come to him (v. 28). What burden could you bring to him today?