The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the LORD's message.

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you; they join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words."

And so they rejected him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is respected everywhere except in his hometown and by his own family."

I tell you this," Jesus added, "prophets are never welcomed in their hometown.

For he himself had said, "Prophets are not respected in their own country."