⭐WEB · Matthew 13:54
What does Matthew 13:54 mean?
"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?"
— Matthew 13:54 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
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?
Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
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.”
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