^13:47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish. ^13:48When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away. ^13:49It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous ^13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace,⁶² where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

^13:51“Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.” ^13:52Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law⁶³ who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

Rejection at Nazareth

^13:53Now when⁶⁴ Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there. ^13:54Then⁶⁵ he came to his hometown⁶⁶ and began to teach the people⁶⁷ in their synagogue.⁶⁸ They⁶⁹ were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers? ^13:55Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary?⁷⁰ And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? ^13:56And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?”⁷¹^13:57And 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.” ^13:58And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

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Footnotes

62 An allusion to Dan 3:6.
63 Or “every scribe.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in . It is possible that the term translated “expert in the law” (traditionally, “scribe”) here is a self-description used by the author, Matthew, to represent his role in conveying the traditions about Jesus to his intended audience. See David E. Orton, The Understanding Scribe [].
64 Grk “Now it happened that when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
65 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”
66 Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum.
67 Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
68 See the note on synagogues in . Jesus undoubtedly took the opportunity on this occasion to speak about his person and mission, and the relation of both to OT fulfillment.
69 Grk “synagogue, so that they.” Here ὥστε (hōste) has not been translated. Instead a new sentence was started in the translation.
70 The reference to Jesus as the carpenter’s son is probably derogatory, indicating that they knew Jesus only as a common laborer like themselves. The reference to his mother … Mary (even though Jesus’ father was probably dead by this point) appears to be somewhat derogatory, for a man was not regarded as his mother’s son in Jewish usage unless an insult was intended (cf. Judg 11:1–2; John 4:41; 8:41; 9:29).
71 Grk “Where did he get these things?”