Mark 6:4

And Jeshu said to them, No prophet is despised, unless in his own city, and among his kinsfolk, and in his own house.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mariam, and the brother of Jacub, and of Josi, and of Jehuda, and of Shemun? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him.

5And he could not do there any miracle, except that upon a few sick he laid his hands, and healed them

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Cross References

Luke 4:24But he said, I tell you assuredly, There is no prophet who is received in his (own) city.

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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