Luke 4:24

"I tell you in solemn truth," he added, "that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Jesus answered. "Doubtless you will quote the proverb to me, "Physician, heal thyself! Do also here in your own country all that we hear that you have done in Capernaum."

25In very truth I tell you there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:57This kept them from believing in him. Wherefore Jesus said, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and among his own family."

John 4:41Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman.

Acts 22:3"I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day.

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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