Jesus Goes to His Hometown^(A)

⁵³ When Jesus finished teaching [see 7:28] with these ·stories [parables], he left there. ⁵⁴ He went to his hometown [^CNazareth; 2:23; Luke 2:39] and taught the people in their synagogue, and they were ·amazed [astonished]. They said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and this power to do miracles? ⁵⁵ ·He is just [Isn’t this…?] the son of ·a [^Lthe] carpenter. ·His mother is Mary [^LIsn’t his mother called Mary…?], and his brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. ⁵⁶ And all his sisters are here with us. Where then does this man get all these things?” ⁵⁷ So the people were ·upset with [offended by] Jesus.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is ·honored everywhere [not dishonored] except in his hometown and in his own ·home [family; household].”

⁵⁸ So he did not do many miracles there because ·they had no faith [of their unbelief].

Jesus Goes to His Hometown^(A)

6 Jesus left there and went to his hometown [^CNazareth; Matt. 2:23; Luke 2:39], and his ·followers [disciples] went with him. ² On the Sabbath day he ·taught [^Lbegan to teach] in the synagogue. Many people heard him and were ·amazed [astonished], saying, “Where did this man get these ·teachings [^Lthings]? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? And where did he get the power to do ·miracles [^Lsuch mighty works done by his hands]? ³ ·He is just [^LIsn’t this…?] the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph [^CGreek: Joses], Judas, and Simon. ·And his sisters are [^LAre not his sisters…?] here with us.” So the people were ·upset with [offended by] Jesus.

⁴ Jesus said to them, “A prophet is ·honored everywhere [not dishonored] except in his hometown and with his own ·people [relatives; kin] and in his own ·home [household].” ⁵ So Jesus was not able to work any miracles there except to heal a few sick people by ·putting [laying] his hands on them. ⁶ He ·was amazed [wondered; marveled] ·at how many people had no faith [because of their unbelief].

Jesus Commissions the Twelve Apostles^(B)

Then Jesus went [around] to other villages in that area and taught.

¹⁶ Jesus traveled to Nazareth, where he had grown up. On the Sabbath day he went to the synagogue, as he always did, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ The ·book [or scroll] of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. He ·opened [^Lunrolled] the ·book [or scroll] and found the place where this is written:

²⁰ Jesus ·closed the book [or rolled up the scroll], gave it back to the ·assistant [synagogue attendant], and sat down. ·Everyone [^LAll the eyes] in the synagogue was watching Jesus closely. ²¹ He began to say to them, “·While you heard these words just now, they were coming true [^LToday this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ears]!”

²² All the people spoke well of Jesus and were amazed at the ·words of grace [or gracious words] he spoke. They asked, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

²³ Jesus said to them, “·I know that [No doubt; Surely] you will ·tell [quote] me ·the old saying [this proverb]: ‘·Doctor [^TPhysician], heal yourself.’ You want to say, ‘We heard about the things you did in Capernaum [^Ca town in Galilee where Jesus lived and ministered]. Do those things here in your own town!’” ²⁴ Then Jesus said, “·I tell you the truth [^LTruly/Amen I say to you], a prophet is not ·accepted [welcomed] in his hometown. ²⁵ But I tell you ·the truth [truly], there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah. ·It did not rain [^LThe sky/heavens were shut] in Israel for three and one-half years, and there was ·no food anywhere [^La great famine] in the whole country [1 Kin. 17]. ²⁶ But Elijah was sent to none of those widows, only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon [^Ca Gentile city on the coast north of Israel]. ²⁷ And there were many ·with skin diseases [^Tlepers] living in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha. But none of them were ·healed [cured; cleansed], only Naaman, ·who was from the country of Syria [^Lthe Syrian; 2 Kin. 5].”

²⁸ When all the people in the synagogue heard these things, they ·became very angry [were furious; ^Lwere filled with wrath]. ²⁹ They got up, ·forced [drove] Jesus out of town, and took him to the ·edge [brow] of the ·cliff [hill] on which the town was built. They planned to throw him off the ·edge [cliff], ³⁰ but Jesus ·walked [passed] through the crowd and went on his way.