24 Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
Luke 4:24–26
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Mark 6:3–5
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Gospel of Thomas 1:30–32
30 Jesus said, "Where there are three deities, they're divine. Where there are two or one, I'm with them." (THO) 31 Jesus said, "No prophet is welcome in their own village. No doctor heals those who know them." (THO) 32 Jesus said, "A city built and fortified on a high mountain can… (THO)
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