13. “For all the prophets and the Torah prophesied till Yoḥanan.
14. “And if you wish to accept it, he is Ěliyahu who was about to come.
15. “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
16. “And to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to their companions,
17. and saying, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we lamented to you, and you did not beat the breast.’
18. “For Yoḥanan came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
19. “The Son of Aḏam came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘See, a man, a glutton and a winedrinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was declared right by her works.”
20. Then He began to reproach the cities in which most of His miracles had been done, because they did not repent:
21. “Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bĕyth Tsaiḏa! Because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tsor and Tsiḏon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22. “But I say to you, it shall be more bearable for Tsor and Tsiḏon in the day of judgment than for you.
23. “And you, Kephar Naḥum, who were exalted to the heaven, shall be brought down to the grave! Because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Seḏom, it would have remained until this day.
24. “But I say to you that it shall be more bearable for the land of Seḏom in the day of judgment than for you.”
25. At that time יהושע responding, said, “I thank You, Father, Master of the heavens and earth, because You have hidden these matters from clever and learned ones and have revealed them to babes.
26. “Yea, Father, because so it was well-pleasing in Your sight.
27. “All have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.
28. “Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I shall give you rest.
29. “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your beings.
30. “For My yoke is gentle and My burden is light.”