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In one Gospel's telling of the hometown visit, Jesus "could do no deed of power" there. Which Gospel puts it that way?

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The answer

Mark 6:5 — "he could do no deed of power there," apart from laying hands on a few sick people, and he was amazed at their unbelief. Matthew's telling of the same visit reads "did not do many deeds of power" (Matthew 13:58). Luke's Nazareth scene ends differently again, with the crowd driving him out of town.

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Why it’s interesting

One word apart — "could not" against "did not" — and both tellings sit in every Bible printed. Scholars who hold that Matthew used Mark read the softened wording with interest; the texts themselves simply stand side by side.

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