Mark 6:1-6

We must be careful that “familiarity does not breed contempt” in us for the very people that Christ has placed into our life to complete the good work that He started. Nothing in our Christian life is left to circumstance.....everything, every little thing, is ordered by God. Trust Him to put you exactly where you need to be!

Jesus went to minister in His own country, the area where He grew up, around Nazareth. Mark mentions Jesus’ four brothers by name as well as His sisters. One brother, James, did not trust Christ prior to His crucifixion, but seems to have come to faith after Jesus’ resurrection. He later became the leader of the church in Jerusalem  and wrote the Epistle of James. Judas later authored the Book of Jude (Jude 1). A prophet is not without honor except in his own country is a maxim still repeated and still true today. 

Mark 6:1-6

6 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. ² And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands! ³ Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they were offended at Him. 

⁴ But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” ⁵ Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. ⁶ And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.