Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
They
Bible References
They
Matthew 11:6
How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!"
Isaiah 8:14
Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 49:7
"This is what my Lord says the LORD your Redeemer, O Israel, and his Holy One to one despised by people, to those abhorred as a nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings see and arise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, the one who has chosen you."
Isaiah 53:3
"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.
Mark 6:3
This is the builder, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?" And they were offended by him.
Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and told Mary, his mother, "This infant is destined to cause many in Israel to fall and rise. Also, he will be a sign that will be opposed.
Luke 7:23
How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!"
John 6:42
They kept saying, "This is Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn't it, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, "I have come down from heaven'?"
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach the Messiah crucified. He is a stumbling block to Jews and nonsense to gentiles,
A prophet
Mark 6:14
King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."
Luke 4:24
He added, "I tell all of you with certainty, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.
John 4:44
since Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
Acts 3:22
In fact, Moses said,
Acts 7:37
It was this Moses who told the Israelis, "God will raise up a prophet for you from among your own brothers, just as he did me.'