⁴And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own household.” ⁵And he was not able to do any miracle in that place except to lay his^a hands on a few sick people and^* heal them.^* ⁶And he was astonished because of their unbelief.

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And he was going around among the villages teaching.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“lay”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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 could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief.

And he went about among the villages teaching.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” He was not able to do a miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he was amazed at their unbelief. He was going around the villages teaching.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.” And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.

Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

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