Matthew 13:57
13:57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”
Mark 6:4-5
6:4 Then
Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.”
6:5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
John 4:41
4:41 and because of his word many more
believed.
John 4:44
4:44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
Acts 22:3
22:3 “I am a Jew,
born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up
in this city, educated with strictness
under
Gamaliel
according to the law of our ancestors,
and was
zealous
for God just as all of you are today.
Acts 22:18-22
22:18 and saw the Lord
saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
22:19 I replied,
‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues
who believed in you.
22:20 And when the blood of your witness
Stephen was shed,
I myself was standing nearby, approving,
and guarding the cloaks
of those who were killing him.’
22:21 Then
he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
The Roman Commander Questions Paul
22:22 The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”