Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
Matthew 11:20. Then he began to upbraid. Luke states the time when, and the reason why, Christ uttered such invectives against those cities. It was while he was sending the disciples away into various parts of Judea, to proclaim, as they passed along, that the kingdom of God was at hand.
Christ stopped his praise of John to condemn those who had both John's ministry and his own among them and profited not at all. The Jewish people of that generation were as barren and unprofitable as could be; nothing is more absurd than to have good preaching and be never the better for it.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 11:16-24
Woe unto thee, Chorazin!.... Though many of Christ's mighty works were done in this place, yet mention is made of it no where else, but here; whether it was a single city, or a country, is not easy to determine: the word "Chorasin", signifying "woody places", Dr.