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.

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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.

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  • Mark 9:23

    “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

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  • Mark 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.”

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  • Hebrews 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.

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  • Isaiah 59:1–2

    Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

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  • Genesis 19:22

    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

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  • Genesis 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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