Matthew 13:53-58 - Rejected At Nazareth

⁵³ And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, he departed from there.

⁵⁴ And having come into his fatherland he taught them in their synagogue, so as for them to be astonished, and say, From where is this wisdom and powers in this man? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all near us? From where then are all these things in this man? ⁵⁷ And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and in his house. ⁵⁸ And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

¹ And he went out from there, and came into his fatherland, and his disciples follow him. ² And having become Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, How are these things in this man? and, What is the wisdom that was given to him, and such mighty works happen by his han ³ Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him.

⁴ But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and among his kin, and in his house. ⁵ And he could do no mighty work there, none, except having laid his hands upon a few feeble men he healed them. ⁶ And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up. And according to that which was customary to him, he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And having opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

¹⁸ The Spirit of Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliv ¹⁹ to proclaim the acceptable year of Lord.

²⁰ And having closed the book, having given it back to the attendant, he sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were focused on him. ²¹ And he began to say to them, Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your ears.

²² And all witnessed to him, and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not the son of Joseph?

²³ And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb: Physician, heal thyself. How many things we heard that happened at Capernaum, do also here in thy fatherland.

²⁴ And he said, Truly I say to you, that not one prophet is acceptable in his fatherland. ²⁵ But in truth I say to you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine occurred on all the land. ²⁶ And Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, to a widow woman of Sidon. ²⁷ And many lepers were in Israel near Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.

²⁸ And all in the synagogue were filled with rage, having heard these things. ²⁹ And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong. ³⁰ But he, having passed through the midst of them, departed.