Matthew 13:53-58

New International Reader's Version

A Prophet Without Honor

⁵³ Jesus finished telling these stories. Then he moved on from there. ⁵⁴ He came to his hometown of Nazareth. There he began teaching the people in their synagogue. They were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom? Where did he get this power to do miracles?” they asked. ⁵⁵ “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary? Aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ Aren’t all his sisters with us? Then where did this man get all these things?” ⁵⁷ They were not pleased with him at all.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own town and in his own home.”

⁵⁸ He did only a few miracles in Nazareth because the people there had no faith.