53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He left there.

Rejection at Nazareth

54 He went to His hometown(A) and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “How did this wisdom and these miracles come to Him?(B) 55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?(C) Isn’t His mother called Mary, and His brothers James,(D) Joseph,[a] Simon, and Judas?(E) 56 And His sisters, aren’t they all with us? So where does He get all these things?” 57 And they were offended by Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”(F) 58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:55 Other mss read Joses; Mk 6:3

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