Matthew 13:57

New Living Translation

And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.”

Cross References

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations, to the one who is the servant of rulers: “Kings will stand at attention when you pass by. Princes will also bow low because of the Lord, the faithful one, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.

Isaiah 8:14

He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

Matthew 11:6

And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.”

Matthew 13:58

And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief.

Mark 6:1

Jesus left that part of the country and returned with his disciples to Nazareth, his hometown.

Mark 6:14

Herod Antipas, the king, soon heard about Jesus, because everyone was talking about him. Some were saying, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead. That is why he can do such miracles.”

Mark 6:3

Then they scoffed, “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.

Mark 6:4

Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.”

Luke 4:24

But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.

Luke 7:23

And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.”

John 4:44

He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.

John 6:42

They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

John 6:61

Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?