Jesus demonstrates that people often can not see the truth because of pride (he is one of us! he is no one!). He does not do deeds of power when there is this kind of unbelief.
Matthew 13:54-58 54 He came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?" 57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "Prophets are not without honor except in their own country and in their own house." 58 And he did not do many deeds of power there, because of their unbelief.
Do we ignore the corollary to Jesus' teaching that if we are not seeing his power in our lives, one reason might be because we are harboring the unbelief that comes from pride?
Note: A hometown boy has outstripped them - so they reject him. Their "lack of faith" was doubtless a source of profound grief and frustration for Jesus. Apparently there was no need to do miracles in order to convince them of the power given to him by God. They knew he had power from God, but it was offensive to them - because of their pride.
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