Jesus, having finished these parables, now returns to His hometown.

Matthew writes that Jesus was not welcomed by those of His hometown nor by His own family.

As Dr. Mitchell points out, they still thought of Jesus as just a carpenter, or the carpenter's son and not as the Messiah sent from God.

Who do you believe Jesus is?

Then Matthew writes of Herod who thought Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead and doing these miracles.

Matthew says Jesus, upon hearing of the death of John, retired alone to a desolate area.

But the crowds heard of Him and followed Him and He had compassion of them.

Here is the one and only miracle that all four Gospels record. It is the feeding of the 5000.

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Matthew 13:53.