“... The upshot of these comparisons among the four canonical Gospels is that Luke’s version of the saying is most likely a case of his copying Mark’s text, with the notable exception that Luke substitutes dektos (“acceptable”) for Mark’s atimos (“without honor”). The impact of this conclusion becomes clear when we turn to Thomas’ version of the saying in the first half of P.Oxy. 1.30–35: “A prophet is not acceptable [dektos] in his hometown.” In wording and word order, the Greek of Thomas’ saying basically follows that of Mark. Both begin with “there is not” (ouk estin), with the noun “prophet” following and the phrase “in his hometown” concluding the saying. The major difference is that (1) Thomas shares with Luke the form of a simple declarative sentence with a single negative particle; and, more important, (2) Thomas and Luke alone, among all the versions, use the adjective “acceptable” (dektos)—which, as we have seen, is most probably due to Luke’s redactional hand. Thus, in a simple sentence forming half of logion 31, we have both Thomas’ tendency to mesh Synoptic versions of a saying and his tendency to imitate some striking elements of Luke’s redaction of his sources. As a matter of fact, the influence of Luke’s version, as well as Thomas’ tendency to mesh the Synoptics, may be seen as well in the second half of logion 31 in the Greek fragment: “. . . a physician [iatros] does not do healings [poiei therapeias] for those who know him.” Just prior to Luke 4:24, in v 23, Jesus ironically says to the contentious audience in the Nazareth synagogue: “You will surely quote me this proverb, ‘Physician [iatre], heal [therapeuson] yourself.” That the Greek version of Thomas places the saying about a physician not being able to heal right after the saying about the rejected prophet (instead of right before, as in Luke) may reflect Thomas’ tendency to mesh. For it is Mark (followed by Matthew) that states right after the saying on the dishonored prophet (Mark 6:4) that Jesus could not perform any miracle there except for the fact that he healed (etherapeusen) a few sick people (Mark 6:5). ...”