Reference

Mark 6:4

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.
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And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

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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.

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And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

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And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

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Christ as Prophet

The verse does not explicitly state that Jesus is a prophet, but rather uses a general proverb about prophets to describe his own experience of being dishonored. The statement is about the reception of a prophet, not an identification of Jesus as one.