Matthew 13:53-58 - Rejected At Nazareth

⁵³ Jesus concluded this series of parables and then departed.

⁵⁴ And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah? ⁵⁶ And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? Where then did he get all this?" ⁵⁷ So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family." ⁵⁸ And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their want of faith.

¹ Leaving that place He came into His own country, accompanied by His disciples. ² On the Sabbath He proceeded to teach in the synagogue; and many, as they heard Him, were astonished. "Where did he acquire all this?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? And what are these marvellous miracles which his hands perform? ³ Is not this the carpenter, Mary's son, the brother of James and Joses, Jude and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?" So they turned angrily away.

⁴ But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home." ⁵ And He could not do any miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few who were out of health and cured them; and ⁶ He wondered at their unbelief. So He went round the adjacent villages, teaching.

¹⁶ He came to Nazareth also, where He had been brought up; and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And there was handed to Him the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and, opening 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 proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed, ¹⁹ to proclaim the year of acceptance with the Lord."

²⁰ And rolling up the book, He returned it to the attendant, and sat down--to speak. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹ Then He proceeded to say to them, "To-day is this Scripture fulfilled in your hearing."

²² And they all spoke well of Him, wondering at the sweet words of kindness which fell from His lips, while they asked one another, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

²³ "Doubtless," said He, "you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself: all that we hear that you have done at Capernaum, do here also in your native place.'"

²⁴ "I tell you in solemn truth," He added, "that no Prophet is welcomed among his own people. ²⁵ But I tell you in truth that there was many a widow in Israel in the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three years and six months and there came a severe famine over all the land; ²⁶ and yet to not one of them was Elijah sent: he was only sent to a widow at Zarephath in the Sidonian country. ²⁷ And there was also many a leper in Israel in the time of the Prophet Elisha, and yet not one of them was cleansed, but Naaman the Syrian was."

²⁸ Then all in the synagogue, while listening to these words, were filled with fury. ²⁹ They rose, hurried Him outside the town, and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to throw Him down the cliff; ³⁰ but He passed through the midst of them and went His way.