SinaiLuke 4:24
American Standard Version
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
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Luke 4:24 in other translations
He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
Luke 4:24 in context
- 22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
- 23And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.
- 24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
- 25But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
- 26and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.