‘Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth who are threatening to kill you, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord or you will die by our hands” –
Mark 6:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honour except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
‘Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth who are threatening to kill you, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord or you will die by our hands” –
Your relatives, members of your own family – even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
And they took offence at him. But Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honour except in his own town and in his own home.’
Jesus left there and went to his home town, accompanied by his disciples.
‘Truly I tell you,’ he continued, ‘no prophet is accepted in his home town.
(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honour in his own country.)