53 When Jesus had finished telling these stories, he went away from that place.
People in Nazareth do not accept Jesus
54 Jesus returned to his own town. He taught the Jewish people in their meeting room there. The people were very surprised about the things that he taught them. They said to each other, ‘We do not know how this man learned all these things. And we do not know how he does all these powerful things. 55 We know who he is. He is the son of the carpenter here. Mary is his mother. We also know his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judas. 56 All his sisters also live here in the town among us. So then, where did he learn all these things?’ 57 So the people there did not accept Jesus.
13:57The people thought that they knew everything about Jesus. But they did not believe that he was the Messiah.
Jesus said to them, ‘If a man is a prophet from God, people everywhere will respect him. But the people in his own town will not accept him. Even the people of his own house will not respect him.’
58 Jesus did not do many powerful miracles in that town because the people would not believe in him.
