Matthew 11:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁰ Then Jesus began to rebuke the people of the towns where most of His powerful miracles were performed because they did not repent [when they saw Him perform them].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Then He began to censure and reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been performed, because they did not repent [and their hearts were not changed].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Then he began to scold the cities where he had done his greatest miracles because they didn’t change their hearts and lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Then he began to rebuke the cities in which many of his miracles were accomplished, for they still had not repented.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.

Matthew 11:20 Cross References

Matthew 12:41

The people of Nineveh will stand up on the judgment day along with the people of this generation and will condemn them because they repented [i.e., changed their hearts and lives] when hearing the preaching of Jonah [See Jonah 3:5-10], and [now] Someone greater than Jonah is here [i.e., Jesus].

Mark 16:14

Later on Jesus showed Himself to the eleven apostles as they sat [i.e., reclined. See Matt. 23:6], eating a meal. He scolded them for their lack of faith and stubbornness because they refused to believe those who had seen Him [alive] after His resurrection.

Mark 9:19

Jesus said to them, “You generation of faithless people! How long must I be with you [i.e., before you understand]? How long do I have to be patient with you? Bring the sick boy to me.”

Acts 17:20

You are telling us some very unusual things and we would like to know what they mean.”

2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that, when I come, my God will humiliate me in front of you, and I will be grieved over many [of those] who have sinned in the past without repenting of the [moral] impurity, sexual immorality and unrestrained indecency they have practiced.

James 1:5

But if any one of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, who gives to everyone generously and does not begrudge [the person who asks], and it will be given to him.

Revelation 16:11

and they cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. But they [still] refused to repent of their [evil] deeds.

Revelation 16:9

And people were seared by the intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these judgments [i.e., the authority to inflict them], but they refused to repent and honor God. [See verse 2].

Revelation 2:21

And I gave her time to repent, but she refused to repent of her sexual immorality.