Mark - 6:4

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4 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 6:4.

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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.
And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.
But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among his kinsmen, and in his own house.
And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kindred, and in his own house.
And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country, and among his kindred, and in his own house;'
But Jesus, said to them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."
And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.
at which Jesus said, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his home town, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

See this curious subject explained, Matthew 13:55-58 (note).

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without (c) honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
(c) Not only has that honour taken from him which is rightly due to him, but also has evil spoken of him and his words are misrepresented.

But Jesus said unto them,.... The following proverb;
a prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house; the same as in Matthew 13:57; See Gill on Matthew 13:57. Only the phrase, "among his own kin", is here added: very probably some of those that made these reflections, were some distant relations of Joseph, or Mary; for as Jesus was now in his own country and city, and in his own native place, so among his kindred and relations; who envied his gifts and attainments, and objected to him his rise from that branch of their family, which was the most mean and abject.

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