Mark 6:4

And Jesus said to them: There is no prophet who is little, except in his own city, and among his kindred, and at home.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 Mary, and the brother of James and of Joses and of Judas and of Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were stumbled in him.

5And he could not there do even one mighty work, except that he laid his hand on a few sick, and healed them.

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Cross References

Luke 4:24And he said to them: Verily I say to you, There is no prophet who is acceptable 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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