Luke 4:24 - Plain English Version

²⁴ Listen, whenever God picks a man to tell his messages, the people of his own home town don’t want him. They reckon they know him, so they will not listen to him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Then He said, Solemnly I say to you, no prophet is acceptable and welcome in his [own] town (country).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.

Common English Bible

²⁴ He said, “I assure you that no prophet is welcome in the prophet’s hometown.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Then he said: "Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

Luke 4:24 Cross References

John 4:41

He talked to them and told them his message, and even more people believed in him.

John 4:44

Galilee is the country where Jesus grew up. Before Jesus went there, he said to his followers, “If God picks a man to tell his messages, the people of that man’s own home town don’t respect him.” But the Galilee people were in Jerusalem at the Passover time, and they saw Jesus do lots of powerful things there, so they were very happy to see him come to Galilee.

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew, just like you. I was born in Tarsus, in Cilicia country, but I grew up here in Jerusalem. I was a young man here, and I learned all our laws. You know Gamaliyel. You know he is a really good teacher, right? Well, he taught me all the laws that Moses gave to our grand-fathers. And I wanted to always do everything God says, so I never broke any of those laws. I’m sure that all you mob properly follow those laws too.