Mark 6:4

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

In Context

3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.

5So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 12:6Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

Luke 4:24Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:2-7

The Contempt Poured on Christ. 1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here… Read the whole commentary →

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