Matthew 11:16–30

¹⁶“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children,

¹⁷and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not ¹mourn.’

¹⁸“For John came neither ^aeating nor ^bdrinking, and they say, ‘^cHe has a demon!’

¹⁹“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a ¹drunkard, ^aa friend of tax collectors and ²sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated ³by her deeds.”

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

²⁰Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His ^1amiracles were done, because they did not repent.

²¹“^aWoe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, ^bBethsaida! For if the ¹miracles had occurred in ^cTyre and ^dSidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in ^2esackcloth and ashes.

²²“Nevertheless I say to you, ^ait will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in ^bthe day of judgment than for you.

²³“And ^aCapernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will ^bdescend to ^cHades; for if the ¹miracles had occurred in ^dSodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

²⁴“Nevertheless I say to you that ^ait will be more tolerable for the land of ^bSodom in the day of judgment, than for you.”

Come to Me

^25aAt that ¹time Jesus said, “I praise You, ^bFather, Lord of heaven and earth, that ^cYou have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

²⁶“Yes, ^aFather, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

²⁷“^aAll things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father ^bexcept the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

²⁸“^aCome to Me, all ¹who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

²⁹“Take My yoke upon you and ^alearn from Me, for I am ¹gentle and humble in heart, and ^byou will find rest for your souls.

³⁰“For ^aMy yoke is ¹easy and My burden is light.”