Mark 6:5
3 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.”
So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
6 And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.
7 Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
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
- So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
- KJV
- And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- WEB
- He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.
- ASV
- And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- DARBY
- And he could not do any work of power there, save that laying his hands on a few infirm persons he healed [them].
- BLB
- And He was not able to do there [any] miracle except, having laid the hands on a few of the sick, He healed [them].
- ÅB
- Og han kunne ikke gjøre noen kraftig gjerning der, undtagen at han la sine hender på noen få syke og helbredet dem;
- OTB
- Han kunne ikke utføre noen mirakler der, bortsett fra at han la hendene på noen få syke og helbredet dem.
- B1930
- Og han kunde ikke gjøre nogen kraftig gjerning der, undtagen at han la sine hender på nogen få syke og helbredet dem;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:58
And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
Read in contextMark 9:23
“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
Read in contextMark 5:23
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
Read in contextHebrews 4:2
For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:1–2
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
Read in contextGenesis 19:22
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
Read in contextGenesis 32:25
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
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