^54 (A)and coming to ^(B)his home town ^(C)he taught them in their synagogue, so that ^(D)they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? ^55 (E)Is not this ^(F)the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not ^(G)his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” ⁵⁷ And ^(H)they took offence at him. But Jesus said to them, ^(I)“A prophet is not without honour except in his home town and in his own household.” ⁵⁸ And he did not do many mighty works there, ^(J)because of their unbelief.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

6 ^(A)He went away from there and came to ^(B)his home town, and his disciples followed him. ² And ^(C)on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and ^(D)many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? ^3 (E)Is not this ^(F)the carpenter, the son of Mary and ^(G)brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And ^(H)they took offence at him. ⁴ And Jesus said to them, ^(I)“A prophet is not without honour, except in his home town and among his relatives and in his own household.” ⁵ And ^(J)he could do no mighty work there, except that ^(K)he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. ⁶ And ^(L)he marvelled because of their unbelief.

^(M)And he went about among the villages teaching.