Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at him. Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Text-Critical English NT

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

56Are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

58And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

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Cross References

Mark 6:3Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, the child's mother, “Behold, this child is appointed to bring about the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

Luke 7:23And blessed is anyone who does not take offense at me.”

John 6:42They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can he say, ‘I have come 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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