Thematic Bible: Not honored in their own country

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

Verse Concepts

Stumbling Over ChristUnderestimation

Prophecy Ignoredhonour

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

Verse Concepts

The Witness Of Christ

Prophecy Ignored

Then He said, Solemnly I say to you, no prophet is acceptable and welcome in his [own] town (country). But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed up for three years and six months, so that there came a great famine over all the land; And yet Elijah was not sent to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the country 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 yet not one of them was cleansed [by being healed] -- "but only Naaman the Syrian.