Matthew 13:54

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“Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.”

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BSBPD

“Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 13:54 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 22:22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
  2. Psalms 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
  3. Matthew 2:23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
  4. Matthew 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
  5. Matthew 7:28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
  6. Mark 6:1Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.
  7. Luke 4:16Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
  8. John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
  9. John 7:15The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
  10. Acts 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
  11. Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  12. Acts 28:17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

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