53And it happened that when Jesus finished these parables he departed from there. 54And coming into his native country he taught them in their synagogues, in such a way as astonished them and caused them to say, “From where has this man received this wisdom and these powers? 55Is not this man the craftsman’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56And are not all his sisters with us? From where, therefore, have all these things come to this man?” 57And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not dishonored except in
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