In the end there were just a few faithful ones who stayed with Him, and even some of them were in hopes that He would reveal the power of the Messiah.

But they all urged Him to repair to some other neighbourhood.

Jesus was not afraid of having to render an account of Himself to His adversaries in Jerusalem, but the time had not yet come, the work was not yet finished.

He knew that He could never retrace His steps, for the more incontestable His justification was, the more dangerous it would seem to them.

With His now dwindled troop of followers He left the desert to revisit once again His native Galilee.
But here His opponents were no better than before; houses were closed as He approached, the people got out of His way when He began to speak.
Only Mary, with all a mother's simple faith, said; "Ah, you have come at last, my son! Now stay, with me!" There was, however, no place for Him in the house.