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Every so often I return to the town where I grew up. But there’s a funny thing that happens when you go back… They still remember how you used to be 30 years ago. Something similar happened to Jesus. Jesus lived a fairly uneventful childhood. He never married. He never did a miracle until he was 30. And from the sound of this passage he never really was into preaching or teaching in his hometown, because they seemed surprised at his newfound ability. In fact Jesus was simply known to them as the son of Joseph and the brother of James, Joses, Simon, and Judas. He took up his adopted father’s trade. Joseph was a carpenter. And so was Jesus. I guess that’s why they were so surprised