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

for He saith, 'In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now is a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

because indeed the exhortation he accepted, and being more diligent, of his own accord he went forth unto you,

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

Because of this also, we -- we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;