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Luke 4:24

World English Bible

He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

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Luke 4:24 in other translations

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.

Luke 4:24 · American Standard Version

Luke 4:24 in context

  1. 22All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
  2. 23He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’ ”
  3. 24He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
  4. 25But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
  5. 26Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.