The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth^(A)

6 He went away from there and came into His own country. And His disciples followed Him. ² When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get this? What is this wisdom that is given Him, that even miracles are done by His hands? ³ Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

⁴ Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.” ⁵ He could not do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. ⁶ And He was amazed because of their unbelief.

The Mission of the Twelve^(B)

Then He went to the surrounding villages, teaching.

The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth^(A)

¹⁶ He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day. And He stood up to read. ¹⁷ The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. When He had unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

²⁰ Then He rolled up the scroll, and He gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹ And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

²² All bore witness to Him, and wondered at the gracious words which came from His mouth. Then they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

²³ He said to them, “You will surely say to Me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal Yourself. Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your country.’ ”

²⁴ He also said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. ²⁵ But I tell you truthfully, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land. ²⁶ Yet to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, a city of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷ And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. But none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

²⁸ All those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath. ²⁹ They rose up and thrust Him out of the city and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down headlong. ³⁰ But passing through the midst of them, He went His way.