Matthew Chapter 11 verse 20 Holy Bible
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.
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Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.
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Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
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Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.
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Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20-24. - Woe on those who reject him. The parallel passage, Luke 10:12-15, comes almost at the close of the commission to the seventy. It is represented in the commission reported by St. Matthew by Matthew 10:15 alone, which is almost verbally identical with ver. 24. It is possible that St. Matthew or the author of the source used by him did not care to interrupt the subject of ch. 10. by inserting more of these verses there, even though that place more nearly represented their original position. Observe that here they are connected with the rejection of John and of our Lord; in Luke, with the rejection of his disciples and of himself in them. Verse 20. - In Matthew only. It seems to be a kind of introduction, like ver. 7a, perhaps marking vers. 20-24 as a fresh section in the discourses. It serves more particularly as an explanation why our Lord especially mentioned these cities. Then began he to upbraid (Matthew 5:11, note; comp. also Mark 16:14) the cities wherein most of his mighty works (Matthew 7:22, note) were done, because they repented not. "Quilibet auditor Nov. Test. est nut multo beetler (ver. 11) ant multo miserior antiquis" (Bengel).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Then began he to upbraid.--The rebuke is inserted by St. Luke in our Lord's charge to the Seventy (Luke 10:13-15). As in the case of the passages common to both Evangelists in Matthew 10 and Luke 10, we need not assume that the former has compiled a discourse from fragments collected separately. It is far more natural and probable to believe that our Lord in this case, as in others, used at different times the same, or nearly the same, forms of speech.
