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Matthew 13:57 KJV
Matthew · chapter 13 · verse 57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.Matthew 13:57 · King James Version
Matthew 13:57 in context
55Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
57And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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Key words (Strong's)
- offendedskandalizōto put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall…G4624 →
- prophetprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- countrypatrisone's native country, one's fatherland, one's own country, a fixed abode or home, one's…G3968 →
- honouratimoswithout honour, unhonoured, dishonoured, base, of less esteemG820 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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We have here Christ in his own country. He went about doing good, yet left not any place till he had finished his testimony there at that time. His own countrymen had rejected him once, yet he came to them again.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 53-58