John 1:45-51
Philip found Nathan’a-el, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Nathan’a-el said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Jesus saw Nathan’a-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”
Nathan’a-el said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
Nathan’a-el answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.”
And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”

Homily:

Nathan’a-el was a man of candor and Jesus pointed me to that conclusion when He said, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

It gave me a better appreciation of his words, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” It was an open and honest feedback. That thought pattern could have contributed to the posture of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and their Scribes.

Where is my Nazareth? What places do I expect no good to come from? Could that be where my saving grace is?

Nazareth in the above passage is a bias, a prism, a prejudice. We have them and we have to be more conscious of them.