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Matthew 13:57 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 57. 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.
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Quick Meaning
Reports hometown offense and Jesus' saying about a prophet's lack of honor.
Read It With
- Matthew 13:54–13:58
Matthew 13:57 reports hometown offense and Jesus' saying about a prophet's lack of honor; within Matthew 13:54–13:58, it contributes to this controlling movement: Jesus teaches in his hometown, neighbors name his family and question his wisdom, he cites a prophet's lack of honor, and few mighty works occur amid unbelief.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Reports hometown offense and Jesus' saying about a prophet's lack of honor. This precise contribution belongs inside “Nazareth's familiarity meets offense and few mighty works” because Jesus teaches in his hometown, neighbors name his family and question his wisdom, he cites a prophet's lack of honor, and few mighty works occur amid unbelief.
What Remains True
Because Matthew 13:57 reports hometown offense and Jesus' saying about a prophet's lack of honor, faithful readers should preserve this verse's exact role, first setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Matthew 13:54–13:58 before naming an enduring conclusion.
How It Can Shape Life
- For Matthew 13:57, first state this verse-specific contribution—reports hometown offense and Jesus' saying about a prophet's lack of honor; then explain it inside Matthew 13:54–13:58; preserve the source-controlled uncertainty—The scene reports offense and limited works without saying sick people caused their condition or that every lack of miracle measures faith.; and refuse this misuse: This rejection does not blame patients, promise miracles where belief is strong, demean Jesus' family, or authorize contempt for hometown communities.
Continue in Context
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Read Matthew 13:54–13:58 — Nazareth's familiarity meets offense and few mighty worksSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Matthew 13:54–13:58, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 13:54–13:58
Open the Matthew Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for the expressions actually discussed in this thought unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data TAGNT rows for Matthew 13:54–13:58
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Matthew with Translators' and Textual Notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005-2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, historical, Jewish-background, and Synoptic notes for this unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Matthew PDF, printed pp. 1808-1867, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 13:54–13:58
Open source ↗