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Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” And He could not do a miracle there at all [because of their unbelief] except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. He wondered at their unbelief.

And He was going around in the villages teaching.

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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 he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

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Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet(A) is not without honor(B) except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” So He was not able to do any miracles[a](C) there, except that He laid His hands on(D) a few sick(E) people and healed(F) them. And He was amazed(G) at their unbelief.(H)

Commissioning the Twelve

Now He was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:5 Lit miracle

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”(A) He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on(B) a few sick people and heal them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve(C)

Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.(D)

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4-6 Jesus told them, “A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child.” Jesus wasn’t able to do much of anything there—he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them, that’s all. He couldn’t get over their stubbornness. He left and made a circuit of the other villages, teaching.

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