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


In Context

21 He began to tell them, |Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.|

22 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, |Isn't this Joseph's son?|

23 He 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.'|

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

25 But 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.

26 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who 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 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 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.