Then Jesus criticized the cities where he did most of his miracles. F144 Jesus criticized those cities because the people there did not change their lives and stop sinning.
Jesus said, "It will be bad for you Chorazin. F145 It will be bad for you Bethsaida. F146 I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, F147 then those people in Tyre and Sidon would have changed their lives a long time ago. Those people would have worn sackcloth F148 and put ashes on themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins.
And you, Capernaum, F149 will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Sodom, F150 {the people of} Sodom {would have stopped sinning and it} would still be a city today.
Then Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and smart people. But you have shown these things to people that are like little children.
"My Father has given me all things. No person knows the Son--only the Father knows the Son. And no person knows the Father--only the Son knows the Father. And the only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.