Matthew 13:57

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor except in their own country and in their own house.”

Cross References

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, “Kings shall see and stand up, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, 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 others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account.

Isaiah 8:14

He will become a sanctuary, a stone one strikes against; for both houses of Israel he will become a rock one stumbles over—a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

Matthew 13:58

And he did not do many deeds of power there, because of their unbelief.

Mark 6:1

He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

Mark 6:14

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.”

Mark 6:3

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

Mark 6:4

Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.”

Luke 4:24

And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet's hometown.

Luke 7:23

And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

John 4:44

(for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet's own country).

John 6:42

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

John 6:61

But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you?