Verse 24
He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
Referenced Verses
- 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.