John 4:44

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(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

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  • Matt 13:57 : 57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”
  • Mark 6:4 : 4 Then Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.”
  • Luke 4:24 : 24 And he added,“I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

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    3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.

    4Then Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.”

    5He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

  • Luke 4:21-24
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    21Then he began to tell them,“Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.”

    22All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said,“Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

    23Jesus said to them,“No doubt you will quote to me the proverb,‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and say,‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.’”

    24And he added,“I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

  • Matt 13:57-58
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    57And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

    58And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

  • Matt 13:54
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    54Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said,“Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

  • Mark 6:1
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    45So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast(for they themselves had gone to the feast).

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    43Onward to Galilee After the two days he departed from there to Galilee.

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    11He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

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    12Preaching in Galilee Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee.

    13While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

    14so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled:

  • Mark 1:45
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    45But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

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    52They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”

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    43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

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    3So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.

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    5(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

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    2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

    3he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.

  • John 12:41
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    32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

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    14The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry in Galilee Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.

    15He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

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    17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

  • John 4:54
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    54Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

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    53but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

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    44So he continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

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    14Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another,“This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

  • Luke 4:30
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    30But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

  • John 7:40
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  • Matt 21:11
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    11And the crowds were saying,“This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

  • Luke 4:37
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    37So the news about him spread into all areas of the region.

  • John 8:54
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  • Matt 2:23
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    23He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

  • Matt 12:17
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    17This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

  • Luke 9:5
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    5Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

  • John 5:31
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    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.