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He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him. When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands? Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended at him.

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.” He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them. He marveled because of their unbelief.

He went around the villages teaching.

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The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth

He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands!(A) Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary[a] and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense[b] at him.(B) Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown and among their own kin and in their own house.”(C) And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them.(D) And he was amazed at their unbelief.

The Mission of the Twelve

Then he went about among the villages teaching.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.3 Other ancient authorities read son of the carpenter and of Mary
  2. 6.3 Or stumbled