Luke 4:24
And he added,“I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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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.”
- John 4:44 : 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
- Mark 6:4-5 : 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.” 5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
- Acts 22:3 : 3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.
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- John 4:44-452 verses87%
44(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
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).
- Mark 6:3-64 verses85%
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.
6And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.
- Luke 4:21-233 verses83%
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.’”
- Matt 13:57-582 verses82%
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.
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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?
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1Rejection at Nazareth Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
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11He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
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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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25But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.
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24So he answered,“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- Matt 4:13-142 verses67%
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:
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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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10But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,
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53but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.
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24“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.
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5Instead he will say,‘I am no prophet– indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’
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24For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
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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.”
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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,
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19He said to them,“What things?”“The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied,“a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;
- Matt 10:40-412 verses66%
40Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
41Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.
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40Differing Opinions About Jesus When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say,“This really is the Prophet!”
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37So the news about him spread into all areas of the region.
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26“Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.
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20Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.
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24A Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.
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11And the crowds were saying,“This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
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6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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14And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.
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43But Jesus said to them,“I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do.”
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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.”
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25So he said to them,“You foolish people– how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
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5(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)
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17For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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35Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say,‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
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38so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
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14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
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25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
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16I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
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30But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.
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26What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.