Matthew 13:57

New International Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 49:7

This is what the Lord says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

Isaiah 8:14

He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

Matthew 11:6

Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

Matthew 13:58

And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.

Mark 6:1

Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples.

Mark 6:14

King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Mark 6:3

Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Mark 6:4

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”

Luke 4:24

“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Luke 7:23

Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

John 4:44

(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

John 6:42

They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

John 6:61

Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?