Mark 6:4
Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "Prophets are respected everywhere except in their own hometown and by their relatives and their family."

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.”

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus said, "Prophets are honored by everyone, except the people of their hometown and their relatives and their own family."

New American Bible
Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.

Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands.

Jeremiah 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.

Matthew 13:57 And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Luke 4:24 And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

John 4:44 For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

Context
The Rejection at Nazareth
3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? are not also his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized in regard of him. 4And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred. 5And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few that were sick, laying his hands upon them.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:57
And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Mark 6:1
And going out from thence, he went into his own country; and his disciples followed him.

Luke 4:24
And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

John 4:44
For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

Mark 6:3
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