24 Saul then removed his clothes and also prophesied before Samuel; he collapsed and lay naked(A) all that day and all that night. That is why they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” (B)

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14 So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was[a] not a prophet or the son of a prophet;[b](A) rather, I was[c] a herdsman,(B) and I took care of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me from following the flock(C) and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:14 Or am
  2. 7:14 = a prophet’s disciple or a member of a prophetic guild
  3. 7:14 Or am

54 He went to his hometown(A) and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?(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.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”(F)

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Footnotes

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

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