Matthew 13:57

And they found in him occasion for offense. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless it be in his own country and in his own house.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

In Context

56And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, has this man all these things?

58And he did not many mighty works there, on account of their unbelief.

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Cross References

Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they found in him cause for offense.

Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against,

Luke 7:23and blessed is he who shall find no cause of offense in me.

John 6:42And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How, then, does he say, I came down from heaven?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:54-58

The Contempt of Christ by His Countrymen. 53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man 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 this man all… Read the whole commentary →

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