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Luke 4:24

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

KJV

εἶπεν δέ· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς προφήτης δεκτός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ πατρίδι ἑαυτοῦ.

Greek NT

Ait autem : Amen dico vobis, quia nemo propheta acceptus est in patria sua.

Vulgate

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

ASV

And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεκτός
dektos
adjective · 5×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
πατρίς
patris
noun · 8×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
  • John 4:44 — For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
  • John 4:44 — For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
  • Mark 6:4 — But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
  • Mark 6:4 — But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
  • Matt 13:57 — 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.
  • Matt 13:57 — 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.