Matthew 13:53-58
Nazareth marvels at Jesus’ wisdom and power but rejects Him through unbelieving familiarity.
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
54 Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
57 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”
58 He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Nazareth marvels at Jesus’ wisdom and power but rejects him through unbelieving familiarity.
Matthew records Jesus returning to his hometown after the parables discourse, where the people are astonished by his wisdom and miracles yet stumble over his familiar origins, resulting in unbelief and limited mighty works there.
Jesus returns to his hometown and teaches in the synagogue.
The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment
The kingdom of heaven is revealed through the word, received by fruitful hearers, hidden from hardened hearts, growing amid opposition, worth everything, and moving toward final judgment under the authority of the Son of Man.