Mark 6:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 11:21

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the people of Anathoth who seek your life and say, “You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your kinsfolk and your own family, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.

Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor except in their own hometown and in their own house.”

Mark 6:1

He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

Luke 4:24

And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

John 4:44

(for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet’s own country).