And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Parallel translations
- WEB He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- BSB And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
- NKJV Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- NASB And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
- NLT And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief.
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Quick answer
Jesus did few miracles there because of their unbelief. Persistent unbelief shuts people off from the blessings Christ offers.
Overview
Matthew records that Jesus performed few mighty works in Nazareth, not from any lack of power but because of the people's unbelief. Their hardness limited the manifestation of His grace among them. The verse warns that unbelief hinders the experience of God's gracious working, while faith opens the way to receive what Christ desires to give.
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Cross-references · 5
- Mark 6:5–6And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Rom 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
- Heb 3:12–19Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- Luke 4:25–29But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
- Heb 4:6–11Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
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