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The next Sabbath he taught in the synagogue. Many of the people who heard him were amazed and asked, “How can he do all this? Where did he get such wisdom and the power to work these miracles? Isn't he the carpenter,[a] the son of Mary? Aren't James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon his brothers? Don't his sisters still live here in our town?” The people were upset because of what he was doing.

(A) But Jesus said, “Prophets are honored by everyone, except the people of their hometown and their relatives and their own family.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6.3 carpenter: The Greek word may also mean someone who builds or works with stone or brick.

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