Thematic Bible: Discouragements of
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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
And to whom [if not us] has the arm and infinite power of the Lord been revealed?
Behold, I have made your face strong and hard against their faces and your forehead strong and hard against their foreheads. Like an adamant harder than flint or a diamond point have I made your forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went embittered [by the sins of Israel] in the rage of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
Verse Concepts
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save? Why do You show me iniquity and wrong, and Yourself look upon or cause me to see perverseness and trouble? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention arises.
Is not this the Carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not His sisters here among us? And they took offense at Him and were hurt [that is, they disapproved of Him, and it hindered them from acknowledging His authority] and they were caused to stumble and fall. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor (deference, reverence) except in his [own] country and among [his] relatives and in his [own] house.
Then He said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
Verse Concepts
For Jesus Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
Verse Concepts
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- Acceptance
- Affirmations
- Appreciation For Pastors
- Arm Of God
- Arms
- Believing Prophets
- Bitterness
- Christ, Character Of
- Convincing
- Doubting God
- Faith, Origins Of
- Faithlessness, As Disobedience