Luke 4:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.

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  • Matt 13:57 : 57 And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.
  • John 4:44 : 44 For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.
  • Mark 6:4-5 : 4 And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family. 5 And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.
  • Acts 22:3 : 3 I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

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  • John 4:44-45
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    44For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

    45So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.

  • Mark 6:3-6
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    3Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

    4And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.

    5And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

    6And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

  • Luke 4:21-23
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    21Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

    22And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

    23And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

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    57And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

    58And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

  • 54And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

  • 1And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

  • 11He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

  • 52This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

  • 25Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

  • 24But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Matt 4:13-14
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    13And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:

    14So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

  • 45But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

  • 10But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

  • 53But they would not have him there, because he was clearly going to Jerusalem.

  • 24A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

  • 5But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

  • 24For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

  • 5And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

  • 17And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

  • 19And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

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    40He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.

    41He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

  • 40When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

  • 37And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.

  • 26Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

  • 20Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

  • 24And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

  • 11And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

  • 6But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

  • 14And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

  • 43But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

  • 14And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

  • 25And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.

  • 5For even his brothers had no belief in him.

  • 17For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

  • 35Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

  • 38So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

  • 14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • 25But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.

  • 16Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

  • 30But he came through them and went on his way.

  • 26But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.