Thematic Bible: Discouragements of


Thematic Bible



And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour except in his own country and in his own house.


Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As diamond harder than flint I have made thy forehead: do not fear them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

And the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save? Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity and cause me to behold grievance and destruction and violence before me, in addition to those that raise up strife and contention?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and of Juda and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not dishonoured except in his own country and among his own kin and in his own house.

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his own country.