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Luke 4:24
Luke 4:24 is verse 24 of Luke chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
King James Version
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
World English Bible
He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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Luke 4:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
24 Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
25 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 13:57And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Mark 6:4Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Mark 6:5So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
John 4:41And many more believed because of His message.
John 4:44Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
Acts 22:18and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
Acts 22:19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
Acts 22:20And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”