Matthew 10:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Acts 17:10 : 10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.
  • Acts 8:1 : 1 And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.
  • Matt 16:28 : 28 Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
  • Matt 23:34 : 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;
  • Matt 24:27 : 27 Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
  • Matt 24:30 : 30 And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
  • Matt 24:48 : 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
  • Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
  • Mark 13:26 : 26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
  • Luke 4:29-31 : 29 And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death. 30 But he came through them and went on his way. 31 And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
  • Luke 21:27 : 27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.
  • John 7:1 : 1 After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.
  • John 10:39-42 : 39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them. 40 And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time. 41 And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true. 42 And a number came to have faith in him there.
  • John 11:53-54 : 53 And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death. 54 So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.
  • Acts 9:24-25 : 24 But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death: 25 But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.
  • Acts 13:50-51 : 50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts. 51 But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.
  • Acts 14:6-7 : 6 Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about: 7 And went on preaching the good news there.
  • Acts 14:19-20 : 19 But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead. 20 But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.
  • Acts 17:14 : 14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.
  • Acts 20:1 : 1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.
  • Matt 4:12 : 12 Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;
  • Matt 12:14-15 : 14 But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death. 15 And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well,

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    21And 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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    9But 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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    11And 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.

    12And 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.

    13And 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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    14And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

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    10But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

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    20But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

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