Luke 4:24
He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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- Matt 13:57 : 57 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."
- John 4:44 : 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
- Mark 6:4-5 : 4 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house." 5 He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
- Acts 22:3 : 3 "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.
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- John 4:44-452 verses87%
44For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
45So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
- Mark 6:3-64 verses85%
3Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.
4Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."
5He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
6He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.
- Luke 4:21-233 verses83%
21He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
22All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
23He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
- Matt 13:57-582 verses82%
57They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."
58He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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54Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
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1He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.
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11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.
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52They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."
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25But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
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24But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
- Matt 4:13-142 verses67%
13Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
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45But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
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10But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,
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53They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.
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24"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
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5but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'
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24for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."
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5As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
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17The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
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19He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
- Matt 10:40-412 verses66%
40He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
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40Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
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37News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.
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26Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
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20Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.
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24From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
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11The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
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6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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14Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
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43But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."
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14When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
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25He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
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5For even his brothers didn't believe in him.
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17For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
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35Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
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38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
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14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:
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25But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
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16Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
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30But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.
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26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.