Bible Verses About Prophets: Not honored in their own country

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.

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

But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.