Mark 6:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet does not go without receiving honor, except in his own home town, and among his own relatives, and among his own family members.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor (deference, reverence) except in his [own] country and among [his] relatives and in his [own] house.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ Jesus said to them, “Prophets are honored everywhere except in their own hometowns, among their relatives, and in their own households.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ 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.

Mark 6:4 Cross References

Matthew 13:57

And they were led to doubt His true identity. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet does not go without being honored, except in His own home town and among His own family members.”

Mark 6:1

Then Jesus went out from there and came to His home town [i.e., Nazareth] and His disciples went with Him.

Luke 4:24

And He said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his own home town.

John 4:44

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet does not receive honor in his own country. [Note: Jesus’ reference here to his “own country” means Judea, while in Matt., Mark and Luke it refers to Nazareth].