Luke 21:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

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  • Luke 12:53 : 53 They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.
  • Rev 6:9 : 9 And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
  • Acts 12:2 : 2 And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
  • Acts 26:10-11 : 10 And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them. 11 And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
  • Jer 12:6 : 6 For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.
  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast. 6 For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family.
  • Matt 10:21 : 21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
  • Mark 13:12 : 12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

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    11 And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

    12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

    13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

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    17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

    18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

    19 But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

    20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

    21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

    22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

    23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

  • 17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.

  • Matt 24:9-10
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    9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

    10 And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

  • 9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

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    12 But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

    13 And it will be turned to a witness for you.

  • 22 And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;

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    35 For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

    36 And a man will be hated by those of his house.

  • John 16:1-3
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    1 I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.

    2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

    3 They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

  • 21 When Jesus had said this he was troubled in spirit, and gave witness, saying, Truly I say to you, that one of you will be false to me.

  • 15 For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

  • 18 See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,

  • 27 And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.

  • 21 And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me.

  • 22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

  • 40 And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

  • 31 Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.

  • 32 See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

  • 34 For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

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    21 But the hand of him who is false to me is with me at the table.

    22 For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.

  • 21 The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

  • 53 They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

  • 10 Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

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    20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

    21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

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    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

    26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

  • 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

  • 38 And death will overtake you among strange nations, and the land of your haters will be your destruction.

  • 6 For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

  • 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

  • 4 And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

  • 31 So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

  • 17 And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

  • 33 Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

  • 64 But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.