He said, *Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
They were offended by him. But Yeshua said to them, *A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.*
Many more believed because of his word.
For Yeshua himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
*I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamli'el, instructed according to the strict manner of the Torah of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.