Matthew 13:58
56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”
57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
- KJV
- And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- WEB
- He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- ASV
- And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- DARBY
- And he did not there many works of power, because of their unbelief.
- BLB
- And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
- ÅB
- Og på grunn av vantroen deres gjorde han ikke mange kraftige gjerninger der.
- OTB
- Og han gjorde ikke mange mirakler der på grunn av deres vantro.
- B1930
- Og han gjorde ikke mange kraftige gjerninger der, for deres vantros skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 6:5–6
So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
Read in contextRomans 11:20
That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
Read in contextHebrews 3:12–19
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
Read in contextLuke 4:25–29
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
Read in context