Bible Verses About Prophets: Not honored in their own country

and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in his own house:'

and he said, `Verily I say to you--No prophet is accepted in his own country;

and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but--to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;

and many lepers were in the time of Elisha the prophet, in Israel, and none of them was cleansed, but--Naaman the Syrian.'

for Jesus himself testified that a prophet in his own country shall not have honour;