²⁴ “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.^(A)

⁴⁴ (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)^(A)

²¹ Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth^(A) who are threatening to kill you,^(B) saying, “Do not prophesy^(C) in the name of the Lord or you will die^(D) by our hands”—

⁵ For even his own brothers did not believe in him.^(A)