Matthew 13:57

The people were unable to accept that he was the Messiah. So Jesus said to them, “ People honor me and other prophets everywhere else we go, but in our hometowns we are not honored, and even our own families do not honor us!”

Translation for Translators

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

56◄And his sisters also live here in our town./Do not his sisters live in our town?► [RHQ] So how is he able to do all these miracles?”

58Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe that he was the Messiah.

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:14I will protect you(sg). But as for the other people [MTY] in Israel and Judah, I will be like [MET] a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that causes them to fall down. And as for the people of Jerusalem, I will be like [MET] a trap or a snare [DOU].

Isaiah 53:3People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. Because his face will be very disfigured, people will not want to look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.

Mark 6:3◄ We know that he is just an ordinary carpenter!/Isn’t he just an ordinary carpenter [RHQ]?► We know him and his family! We know Mary his mother! ◄ We know his younger brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon!/Are not his younger brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon?► [RHQ] And ◄his younger sisters also live here in this town!/do not his younger sisters also live here in this town?► [RHQ]” So they despised him.

Luke 2:34“Note what I say: God has determined that because of this child, many Israeli people will turn away from God, and many others will turn to God [MET]. Although he will be like a sign [MET] to warn people, many people will oppose him.

Luke 7:23Also tell John that God is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do.”

John 6:42They said, “◄This man is Jesus, the son of Joseph!/Isn’t this man the son of Joseph?► [RHQ] We know the names of both his father and his mother. He certainly did not come from heaven, so ◄he is lying by saying ‘I came from heaven.’/why is he now saying, ‘I came from heaven?’► [RHQ]”

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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