Thematic Bible: Not honored in their own country

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

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Stumbling Over ChristUnderestimation

Prophecy Ignoredhonour

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

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The Witness Of Christ

Prophecy Ignored

And He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. "But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. read more.
"And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."