'Familiarity breeds contempt' could well be the title of this passage. The opposite is the saying that 'Faraway hills are green' or 'The grass is greener on the other side'. The people of Nazareth are astounded as Jesus begins to teach in the synagogue during the Sabbath day prayers. They cannot understand how He can speak with such power and wisdom. 'Where did He get it all?' We, of course, know the answer to that. But in many other cases in our own life, how often have we failed to recognise the voice of God in someone we thought we knew very well - one of our own family, a student in our class, a colleague in our office, an uneducated or illiterate person. Because they thought they knew Him, the people of Nazareth refused to accept Jesus and, because of that, He could not do any of His signs there. How often have I blocked the work of God's love in me because of my refusal to recognise Him in some 'familiar' person?