JESUS URGES THEM TO REPENT

Matthew 11:20-30
Key Verse: 11:24

    "But I tell you that it will be more bearable for
     Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."

 
1. Read verses 20-22. Where were Korazin and Bethsaida? What had Jesus
   done in and around these Galilean cities? For what did Jesus rebuke
   them? With what cities did Jesus compare them?

2. Read verses 23-24. Where was Capernaum? What were some of the things
   Jesus had done there? Why and how was it rebuked? Why was Capernaum
   worse than Sodom?

3. What does it mean to repent? What is the fate of those who reject
   the message of the kingdom of God?

3. Read verses 25-26. How did Jesus address God? Why was he full of
   praise and joy, even though his message was rejected? Read verse
   27.  How did Jesus comfort himself? What does this mean?

5. Read verses 28-30. What was Jesus' gracious invitation to sinful
   people?  How does he comfort and bless those who come to him?