Luke 4:24-26

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

²⁴ And he said, "Truly, I say to you, _o no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. ²⁵ But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when _p the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, ²⁶ and Elijah was sent to none of them _q but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 13:57
   And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Kings 17:1
   Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
   1 Kings 18:1
   After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.
   James 5:17
   Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
   Revelation 11:6
   They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Kings 17:9
   "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you."