Christian Art Today - Jesus began to reproach the towns

Jesus in the Garden by Adam Abram (born 1976), Oil on Canvas © Adam Abram, all rights reserved

Gospel for 16th July - Matthew 11: 20-24

Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent.

'Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. And still, I tell you that it will not go as hard on Judgement day with Tyre and Sidon as with you. And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be exalted as high as heaven? You shall be thrown down to hell. For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been standing yet. And still, I tell you that it will not go as hard with the land of Sodom on Judgement day as with you.'

Reflection on the Painting

In today's reading we can sense how frustrated Jesus must have got at times during his ministry! People saw him perform miracles up close and still didn't believe!… To some of the onlookers of these miracles, Jesus' actions were maybe looked upon as 'oh yes, that made for 'an interesting watch', but few were 'going deeper'...

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