Matthew 13:53-58 - Rejected At Nazareth

⁵³ And when Jesus had finished these parables he departed thence,

⁵⁴ and coming to his native country he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were astonished and said, Whence has this man this wisdom and these mighty works? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And are not his sisters all with us? Whence then has this man all these things? ⁵⁷ And they were offended with him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his native country, and in his own house; ⁵⁸ and he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.

¹ AND he departed thence, and came into his own country. And his disciples followed him. ² And when it was the sabbath, he taught in the synagogue; and many heard him and were astonished, and said, Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom given to him? And [what are] these mighty works done by his hands? ³ Is not this the carpenter? the son of Mary? and a brother of James, and Joset, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him.

⁴ And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and with his relations, and in his own house. ⁵ And he could not do any mighty work there, except that he laid hands on a few sick persons, and cured them. ⁶ And he wondered at their unbelief. And he went about the villages in order, teaching.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up, and entered, according to his custom on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. And unrolling the book he found the place where it was written,

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free, ¹⁹ to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

²⁰ And folding up the book, he gave it to the minister, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were steadfastly fixed upon him. ²¹ And he said to them, To-day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

²² And they all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

²³ And he said to them, You will undoubtedly tell me this proverb; Physician, cure yourself; things which we heard were done in Capernaum, do also here in your own country.

²⁴ And he said, I tell you truly, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country. ²⁵ I also tell you of a truth, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, so that there was a great famine over all the land; ²⁶ and to none of them was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta, of Sidon, to a widow woman. ²⁷ And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

²⁸ And all in the synagogue when they heard these things were filled with wrath; ²⁹ and they arose and cast him out of the city, and led him even to the brow of the mountain on which the city was built, to precipitate him down. ³⁰ But he passed through the midst of them and went away.