it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? You will be thrown down to the place of the dead!
For if the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would still be there today!
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
REFLECTION:
One immediate question parents ask when their children go wayward is:
“What more can I do?” Many parents blame themselves for their children’s trouble even if they had done enough.
Oftentimes, however, it is not whether they had done enough but whether their children can get enough.
Jesus curses the three cities, Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum for the same reason.
The cities are famously called “the evangelical triangle” because Jesus poured much of his time and energy there.
He performed many miracles there, but still their citizens are not changed.
Jesus’ preaching and ministry failed to give difference to their lives at all.
Then Jesus could have also asked the question, “What more can I do?” He realized that the hearts of these people are bottomless pits.
No amount of wonderwork can make them see God’s goodness. They cannot get enough—OR—they never want anything from God at all.
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