Mark 6:1-4 (the Message)

He left there and returned to his hometown. His disciples came along.

On the Sabbath, he gave a lecture in the meeting place. He stole the

show, impressing everyone. “We had no idea he was this good!” they

said. “How did he get so wise all of a sudden, get such ability?”

But in the next breath they were cutting him down: “He’s just a

carpenter—Mary’s boy. We’ve known him since he was a kid. We

know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters.

Who does he think he is?”

They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling.

And they never got any further.