Matthew 13:57

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."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 living here among us? Where then did he get all this?"

58And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their want of faith.

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Cross References

Mark 6:3Is 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.

Luke 2:34Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

Luke 7:23And blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims."

John 6:42They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, `I have come down out of 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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