17. “We played the flute,but you would not dance!We sang a funeral song,but you would not mourn!”
18. John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, “That man has a demon in him!”
19. But the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, and you say, “That man eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what it does.
20. In the towns where Jesus had performed most of his miracles, the people refused to turn to God. So Jesus was upset with them and said:
21. You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are in for trouble too! If the miracles that took place in your towns had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.
22. I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Tyre and Sidon will get off easier than you will.
23. People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honoured in heaven? You will go down to hell! If the miracles that took place in your town had happened in Sodom, that town would still be standing.
24. So I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than you.
25. At that moment Jesus said:My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people.
26. Yes, Father, that is what pleased you.
27. My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.
28. If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest.
29. Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest.
30. This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light.