Luke 4:24

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at Him [they were repelled and hindered from acknowledging His authority, and caused to stumble]. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.

John 4:41

Then many more believed in and adhered to and relied on Him because of His personal message [what He Himself said].

John 4:44

Although He Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

Acts 22:3

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but reared in this city. At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated according to the strictest care in the Law of our fathers, being ardent [even a zealot] for God, as all of you are today.