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


In Context

21 And he began to say unto them — 'To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

22 and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, 'Is not this the son of Joseph?'

23 And he said unto them, 'Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

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

25 and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

26 and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but — to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.