Mark 6:1-4 ▼

1 Jesus left there and came to His hometown [Nazareth]; and His disciples followed Him.

2 When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and many who listened to Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things [this knowledge and spiritual insight]? What is this wisdom [this confident understanding of the Scripture] that has been given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

3 Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?” And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah].

4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.”