Mark 6:3

¹ Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.

² When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.

⁴ Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

⁵ So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.
KJV: Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
WEB: Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended at him.
ASV: 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 in him.
DARBY: 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 in him.
BLB: 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 taking offense at Him.

ÅB: Er ikke dette tømmermannen, Marias sønn og bror til Jakob og Joses og Judas og Simon, og er ikke hans søstre her hos oss? Og de tok anstøt av ham.
OTB: Er ikke dette snekkeren, sønnen til Maria, og broren til Jakob, Joses, Judas og Simon? Er ikke søstrene hans her hos oss?" Og de tok anstøt av ham.
B1930: Er ikke dette tømmermannen, Marias sønn og bror til Jakob og Joses og Judas og Simon, og er ikke hans søstre her hos oss? Og de tok anstøt av ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 12:46
While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.
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Matthew 13:55–57
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
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John 6:42
They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
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Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
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Matthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
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Galatians 1:19
But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
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Acts 1:13
When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
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Mark 15:40
And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
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