Luke 4:24

Good News Translation

I tell you this,” Jesus added, “prophets are never welcomed in their hometown.

Cross References

Matthew 13:57

And so they rejected him. Jesus said to them, “A prophet is respected everywhere except in his hometown and by his own family.”

John 4:41

Many more believed because of his message,

John 4:44

For he himself had said, “Prophets are not respected in their own country.”

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received strict instruction in the Law of our ancestors and was just as dedicated to God as are all of you who are here today.