MK 6:1-6 Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, escorted by his disciples.  When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.  They said, “Where did this man develop all this?  What kind of wisdom has been given him?  What monumental deeds are designed by his hands!  Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon?  And are not his sisters here with us?”  And they took fault at him.  Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his homeland and among his own relatives and in his own house.”  So he decided not to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them. He was amazed at their shortage of faith.