Luke 10:13

10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! ¹  Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if ²  the miracles ³  done in you had been done in Tyre ⁴  and Sidon, ⁵  they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 11:32

11:32 The people ⁶  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ⁷  – and now, ⁸  something greater than Jonah is here!

Luke 15:7

15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner ⁹  who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people ¹⁰  who have no need to repent. ¹¹ 

¹ sn Chorazin was a town of Galilee that was probably fairly small in contrast to Bethsaida and is otherwise unattested. Bethsaida was declared a polis by the tetrarch Herod Philip, sometime after a.d. 30.

² tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.

³ tn Or “powerful deeds.”

⁴ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁵ sn Tyre and Sidon are two other notorious OT cities (Isa 23; Jer 25:22; 47:4). The remark is a severe rebuke, in effect: “Even the sinners of the old era would have responded to the proclamation of the kingdom, unlike you!”

⁶ tn See the note on the word “people” in v. 31.

⁷ tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”

⁸ tn Grk “behold.”

¹¹ sn There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. The pursuit of the sinner is a priority in spite of the presence of others who are doing well (see also Luke 5:32; 19:10). The theme of repentance, a major Lukan theme, is again emphasized.

¹² tn Here δικαίοις (dikaioi") is an adjective functioning substantivally and has been translated “righteous people.”

¹³ tn Or “who do not need to repent”; Grk “who do not have need of repentance.”