Luke 4:24
Good News Translation
I tell you this," Jesus added, "prophets are never welcomed in their hometown.

Contemporary English Version
But you can be sure that no prophets are liked by the people of their own hometown.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

No.

Matthew 13:57 And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Mark 6:4,5 And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred. . . .

John 4:41,44 And many more believed in him, because of his own word. . . .

Acts 22:3,18-22 And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day: . . .

Context
The Rejection at Nazareth
23And he said to them: Doubtless you will say to me this similitude: Physician, heal thyself. As great things as we have heard done in Capharnaum, do also here in thy own country. 24And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25In truth I say to You, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:57
And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Mark 6:4
And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.

John 4:44
For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

Additional Translations
Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

And He said, "Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

And he said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

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

And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] country.

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

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

"I tell you in solemn truth," He added, "that no Prophet is welcomed among his own people.

He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

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