Luke 4:24

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.

Cross References

Matthew 13:57

And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

John 4:41

And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.

John 4:44

For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

Acts 22:3

I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.