And he said, verily I say unto you Another proverb in use among them, the meaning of which was well known to them, and was very appropriate to the present case:
no prophet is accepted in his own country; (See Gill on Matthew 13:57)
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Everyone said good things about him. They were amazed at the gracious words they heard from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked.
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Jesus said, "Here is a saying you will certainly apply to me. 'Doctor, heal yourself! Do the things here in your hometown that we heard you did in Capernaum.' "
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"What I'm about to tell you is true," he continued. "A prophet is not accepted in his hometown.
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I tell you for sure that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. And there had been no rain for three and a half years. There wasn't enough food to eat anywhere in the land.
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But Elijah was not sent to any of those widows. Instead, he was sent to a widow in Zarephath near Sidon.