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Noun patris (hometown) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 13: 54 | He came to his hometown (patris) and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? |
| 13: 57 | And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "Prophets are not without honor except in their hometown (patris) and in their own house." |
Mark
| 6: 1 | He left that place and came to his hometown (patris), and his disciples followed him. |
| 6: 4 | Then Jesus said to them, "Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown (patris), and among their own kin, and in their own house." |
Luke
| 4: 23 | He said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, 'Doctor, cure yourself!' And you will say, 'Do here also in your hometown (patris) the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.'" |
| 4: 24 | And he said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet's hometown (patris). |
John
| 4: 44 | (for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet's hometown (patris)). |
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