Luke 4:24

And he saide: Ueryly I say vnto you, no prophete is accepted in his owne countrey.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

In Context

23And he saide vnto them: Ye wyll vtterly say vnto me this prouerbe, phisition heale thy selfe: Whatsoeuer we haue heard done in Capernau, do ye same here lykewyse in thine owne countrey.

25But I tell you of a trueth, many wydowes were in Israel, in the dayes of Elias, when heauen was shutte three yeres & sixe monethes, when great famishment was throughout all ye lande:

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Cross References

Matthew 13:57And they were offended in hym. Iesus sayde vnto them: A prophete is not without honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:15-31

Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he… Read the whole commentary →

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