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


In Context

21 and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked.

23 Jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.' "

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

25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.

26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

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 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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