The Rejection at Nazareth

(Mark 6:1–6; Luke 4:16–30)

53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place. 54 Coming to His hometown, He taught [the people] in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked. 55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and [aren’t] His brothers James, Joses,[fn] Simon, and Judas? 56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then [did] this [man] [get] all these things?” 57 And they took offense at Him.

But Jesus said to them, “Only in [his] hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.” 58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.