Mark 6:3

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Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.

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  • Matt 11:6 : 6 – and blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me!”
  • Matt 12:46 : 46 Jesus’ True Family While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.
  • John 6:42 : 42 and they said,“Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.
  • Mark 15:40 : 40 There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
  • Luke 4:22-29 : 22 All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said,“Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” 23 Jesus said to them,“No doubt you will quote to me the proverb,‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and say,‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.’” 24 And he added,“I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land. 26 Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage. 29 They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
  • Luke 7:23 : 23 Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”
  • Matt 13:55-57 : 55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? 56 And aren’t all his sisters here with us? So where did he get all this?” 57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”
  • Mark 3:18 : 18 and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 A Living Stone, a Chosen People So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 This is what the LORD, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
  • Isa 53:2-3 : 2 He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him. 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
  • John 6:60-61 : 60 Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said,“This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?” 61 When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them,“Does this cause you to be offended?
  • John 14:22 : 22 “Lord,” Judas(not Judas Iscariot) said,“what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
  • Acts 1:13 : 13 When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 9:4 : 4 Do we not have the right to financial support?

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    54 Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said,“Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

    55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

    56 And aren’t all his sisters here with us? So where did he get all this?”

    57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

  • Mark 6:4-5
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    4 Then Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.”

    5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

  • Mark 6:1-2
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    1 Rejection at Nazareth Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

    2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying,“Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

  • John 6:42-43
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    42 and they said,“Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”

    43 Jesus replied,“Do not complain about me to one another.

  • Mark 3:31-35
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    31 Jesus’ True Family Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

    32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

    33 He answered them and said,“Who are my mother and my brothers?”

    34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!

    35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

  • Luke 4:22-23
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    22 All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said,“Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

    23 Jesus said to them,“No doubt you will quote to me the proverb,‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and say,‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.’”

  • 12 Cleansing the Temple After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

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    46 Jesus’ True Family While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

    47 Someone told him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”

    48 To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

    49 And pointing toward his disciples he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!

    50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

  • 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

  • 5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

  • Luke 8:19-21
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    19 Jesus’ True Family Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

    20 So he was told,“Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

    21 But he replied to them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

  • Acts 1:13-14
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    13 When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.

    14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

  • 3 So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.

  • 19 Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets.

  • 29 Healings at Simon’s House Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

  • Luke 6:14-16
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    14 Simon(whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

    15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

    16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

  • 21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Then he called them.

  • Mark 3:17-18
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    17 to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges(that is,“sons of thunder”);

    18 and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

  • 37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • 21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”

  • 33 So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

  • 6 – and blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me!”

  • 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

  • 44 but(because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

  • 48 When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him,“Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

  • 16 Rejection at Nazareth Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

  • 2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon(called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

  • 61 When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them,“Does this cause you to be offended?

  • 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.