And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Ver. 57. A prophet is not without honour, &c.] This was an ordinary saying of our Saviour's, recorded by all four evangelists, and is therefore much to be marked. How common is it for familiarity to breed contempt! for men to scorn their own things, because at hand, though never so excellent and useful, to admire foreign things, though nothing comparable. Our corrupt nature heeds nothing we enjoy, as the eye seeth nothing that lies on it. Copy of the best things breeds satiety. God therefore usually teacheth us the worth of them by the want. Bona a tergo fere formosissima, Good things are most beautiful on the backside.