Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they were offended by him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own household.” And he was not able to do any miracle in that place except to lay his[a] hands on a few sick people and[b] heal them.[c]

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  1. Mark 6:5 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Mark 6:5 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“lay”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Mark 6:5 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,[a] Judas and Simon?(A) Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.(B)

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”(C) He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on(D) a few sick people and heal them.

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  1. Mark 6:3 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph