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Pentecost Season · Proper 9 · Year B

Mark 6:1-13

Rejection at Nazareth and the Mission of the Twelve

July 4, 2027

Christ in the House of His Parents, John Everett Millais
Christ in the House of His Parents, John Everett Millais, 1849–1850Tate Britain, via Google Art Project
Dickens attacked it in print for showing the Holy Family as actual carpenters, with dirt, a cut hand and a bare workshop floor. Millais worked from a real carpenter's shop.Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary? The reading is the hometown refusing to be impressed, and this is the shop they remembered him in.John Everett MillaisA Pre-Raphaelite prodigy who entered the Royal Academy schools at eleven, scandalised Dickens, and ended as its president.Tate Britain, via Google Art ProjectThe original Tate on Millbank, now holding the national collection of British art from the Tudors onwards.Tate Britain, via Google Art Project
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 6:1-13Mk 6:1-13
Epistle2 Cor. 12:2-102 Cor 12:2-10
Old Testament2 Sam. 5:1-5, 9-102 Sm 5:1-5, 9-10Alt. OTEzek. 2:1-5Ez 2:1-5
PsalterPs. 48Ps 48Alt. PsalmPs. 123Ps 123

Overview & Insights

"Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown." (Mark 6:4)

Jesus is rejected in his own hometown synagogue and marvels at their unbelief, then sends the Twelve out two by two with authority over unclean spirits and instructions to travel light.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Mark 6:1-13Working Preacher: Commentary on Mk 6:1-13 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the hometown rejection and mission for Year B, Proper 9.

Enduring Word: Mark 6Enduring Word: Mk 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Mark 6 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Mk 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Deep study page gathering many conservative commentators on Mark 6.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 6:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Mk 6:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the pericope's opening verse.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Gospel of Mark OverviewBibleProject: Gospel of Mk Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the whole Gospel of Mark's design and message.

BibleHub: Mark 6 InterlinearBibleHub: Mk 6 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 6.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Mark 6Catena: Mk 6 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Mark 6.

Worship & Prayers

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Podcast

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Art & Music

Vanderbilt: Revised Common Lectionary Art Index Vanderbilt

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Study Hub

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