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John 7:15-16
Then the Jews were amazed and said,“ How does He know the Scriptures, since He hasn’t been trained?”Jesus answered them,“ My teaching isn’t Mine but is from the One who sent Me.
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Matthew 7:28
When Jesus had finished this sermon, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
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Mark 6:1-6
He went away from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished.“ Where did this man get these things?” they said.“ What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us?” So they were offended by Him.Then Jesus said to them,“ A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.And He was amazed at their unbelief. Now He was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching.
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Matthew 4:23
Jesus was going all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
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John 1:11
He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
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Luke 4:16-30
He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him.He began by saying to them,“ Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said,“ Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”Then He said to them,“ No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me:‘ Doctor, heal yourself. So all we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown also.’”He also said,“ I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown.But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them— but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed— only Naaman the Syrian.”When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was enraged.They got up, drove Him out of town, and brought Him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl Him over the cliff.But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.
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Matthew 2:23
Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that He will be called a Nazarene.
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Acts 28:17-28
After 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 ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since I had not committed a capital offense.Because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; it was not as though I had any accusation against my nation.For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”Then they said to him,“ We haven’t received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.But we would like to hear from you what you think. For concerning this sect, we are aware that it is spoken against everywhere.”After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.Some were persuaded by what he said, but others did not believe.Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement:“ The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestorswhen He said, Go to these people and say: You will listen and listen, yet never understand; and you will look and look, yet never perceive.For the hearts of these people have grown callous, their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and be converted, and I would heal them.Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”
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Psalms 22:22
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the congregation.
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Psalms 40:9-10
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; see, I do not keep my mouth closed— as You know, Lord.I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart; I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation; I did not conceal Your constant love and truth from the great assembly.
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Acts 4:13
When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
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Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said:“ It was necessary that God’s message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!