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The Book of Luke, Chapter 4, Verse 24

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And he said unto them, ‹Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.›
King James Version
And he said, ‹Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.›
American Standard Version
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
New English Translation
They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
World English Bible
He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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‹But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;›
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‹But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta,› [a city] ‹of Sidon, unto a woman› [that was] ‹a widow.›
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‹And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.›
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And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
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And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
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But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
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And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
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And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
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And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
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Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.