Matthew 13:53-58 - Rejected At Nazareth

⁵³ And when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence: And coming into his own country,

⁵⁴ he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, Whence hath HE this wisdom and these mighty works? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brethren, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath HE all these things? ⁵⁷ And they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. ⁵⁸ And he wrought not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.

¹ And he went out from thence and came into his own country, and his disciples follow him. ² And on the sabbath he taught in the synagogue, and many hearing were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? And what wisdom is this that is given him, that such mighty works are wrought by his hands? ³ Is not this the carpenter? The son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and of Judas and Simon! And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

⁴ And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kindred, and in his own house. ⁵ And he could do no miracle there, save that he laid his hands on a few sick and healed them. ⁶ And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about thro' the villages teaching.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and as his custom was; he went into the synagogue on the sabbath, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah, and having opened the book,

¹⁸ he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, ¹⁹ To publish the acceptable year of the Lord.

²⁰ And having closed the book, he gave it again to the servant, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹ And he said to them, This day is the scripture fulfilled in your ears.

²² And they all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

²³ And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy own country.

²⁴ And he said, Verily I say to you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country. ²⁵ I tell you of a truth, Many widows were in Israel, in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, while a great famine was thro' all the land. ²⁶ Yet to none of these was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow. ²⁷ And many lepers were in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet none of them was healed, but Naaman the Syrian.

²⁸ And all in the synagogue hearing these things, were filled with fury, ²⁹ And rising up, thrust him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, to cast him down headlong. ³⁰ But he passing thro' the midst of them, went away.