May 3, 2020

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

⁵³ And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there, ⁵⁴ and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's^[a] son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” ⁵⁷ And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” ⁵⁸ And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.

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Footnotes

Matthew 13:55 Or builder's

Cross references

Matthew 13:54 : For ver. 54-58, see Mark 6:1-6; [Luke 4:16-30] Matthew 13:54 : ch. 2:23; Luke 4:23 Matthew 13:54 : See ch. 4:23 Matthew 13:54 : See ch. 7:28 Matthew 13:55 : [Luke 4:22; John 6:42] Matthew 13:55 : [Mark 6:3] Matthew 13:55 : See ch. 12:46 Matthew 13:57 : See ch. 11:6 Matthew 13:57 : Luke 4:24; John 4:44; [Jer. 11:21; 12:6; John 7:5] Matthew 13:58 : [ch. 17:20]

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