Verse 11

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

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  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
  • Luke 21:17 : 17 Everyone will hate you because of my name.
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.
  • Mark 13:13 : 13 Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
  • Matt 10:39 : 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, exclude you, insult you, and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
  • John 15:21 : 21 But they will do all these things to you because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 You have endured and have shown perseverance, and for my name’s sake, you have labored and have not grown weary.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his household!
  • Matt 27:39 : 39 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying,
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake."
  • John 9:28 : 28 They ridiculed him and said, 'You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!'
  • Mark 4:17 : 17 But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word: 'Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake, have said, "Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy." But they will be put to shame.'
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.
  • Ps 44:22 : 22 would God not have discovered this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'
  • Luke 7:33-34 : 33 'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon!"' 34 'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"'
  • Luke 9:24 : 24 'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.'
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.
  • 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses rise up; they question me about things I do not know.