24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.


In Context

21 And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.

22 And 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?

23 And 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.

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

25 But 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;

26 and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

Luke 4:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:24"I tell you the truth," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And he said: Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24And he said, Verily I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24He said, |Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24and he said, 'Verily I say to you — No prophet is accepted in his own country;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:24And he said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.