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A division was forming among the crowd surrounding Jesus. On one hand, were those who opined that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah for the usual obvious reasons like His miracles and His teachings. On the other hand, we those who opined otherwise, principally based on the fact that scriptures declared that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. This Jesus was from Nazareth. They took this to mean that He was born there. No prophet is born in Nazareth, they said. That dilemma could have been resolved quickly and easily if they only investigated more objectively. The problem was that the religious leaders of Israel had something else in mind. Find out more in the homily.