Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Jude?

And His sisters, are they not all with us? From where then did this Man get all these things?"

And all were bearing witness to Him, and were marveling at the gracious words which came out of His mouth. And they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

And they were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does this [Man] say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes; kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake; for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen you.

We brought a report as [of] a child before Him; [He is] as a root in a thirsty land; He has no form, nor comeliness; and we saw Him, but He had no form nor beauty.

But His form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; [He was] a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for His face has turned from [us]; He was dishonored, and not esteemed.

Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome,

And while He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

Do we have no right to eat and drink?

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.

Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, and what has happened that You are about to manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?"

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, having been sanctified by God the Father, and having been kept in Jesus Christ:

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;

And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; both Peter and James and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

And blessed is the [one] who is not offended because of Me."

So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and in his [own] house."

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

He said to them, "You will surely say this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your hometown.'"

But I tell you truly, [there] were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine all over the land;

And [there] were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

and rising up they threw Him out of the city; and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down.

And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can hear it?"

And Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were murmuring about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you?

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness,