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Isn’t he the builder, Mary’s son? Isn’t he the brother of James, Joses, Judah and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” They took offense at him.

“Prophets have honor everywhere,” said Jesus, “except in their own country, their own family, and their own home.”

He couldn’t do anything remarkable there, except that he laid hands on a few sick people and cured them.

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Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,[a] Judas and Simon?(A) Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.(B)

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”(C) He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on(D) a few sick people and heal them.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:3 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph