But He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not dishonored except in his hometown and in his own household.”
Many more believed because of His word;
For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.