4) And Jesus went on to say to them, A prophet is not honorless except in his own native town and among his own kinsmen and in his own house. What else he said is related by Luke. On the imperfect ἔλεγε see 4:11. Jesus refers to himself as a prophet because the contempt of him arose during his preaching. The saying about a prophet being honor-less in his own native town, etc., sounds like a proverbial expression which is once more verified in the case of Jesus. Mark retains the full climax: native