Luke 21:16

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You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

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  • Luke 12:53 : 53 They will be divided: father against son and son against 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 When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.'
  • Acts 12:2 : 2 He executed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
  • Acts 26:10-11 : 10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 I punished them often in all the synagogues, trying to force them to blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan dwells.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing.
  • Jer 12:6 : 6 Your own brothers, the house of your father, have betrayed you; even they have called out loudly after you. Do not trust them, though they speak pleasantly to you.
  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace. 6 For a son treats his father with contempt, a daughter rises against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
  • Matt 10:21 : 21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.
  • Mark 13:12 : 12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:11-13
    3 verses
    86%

    11When you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given to you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

    13Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Matt 10:17-23
    7 verses
    85%

    17But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and will flog you in their synagogues.

    18You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.

    19When they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you should say, for what you are to say will be given to you at that time.

    20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

    21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

    22You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

    23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. For truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

  • Luke 21:17
    84%

    17Everyone will hate you because of my name.

  • Matt 24:9-10
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    80%

    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.'

    10'At that time many will turn away from the faith, betray, and hate each other.'

  • Mark 13:9
    77%

    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 21:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12But 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.

    13This will result in an opportunity for you to bear witness.

  • Matt 17:22
    75%

    22When they came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 'The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.'

  • Matt 10:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

    36A person's enemies will be those of his own household.

  • John 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

    2They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

    3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

  • John 13:21
    75%

    21After saying this, Jesus was troubled in His spirit and testified, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.'

  • Luke 21:15
    73%

    15For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

  • Matt 20:18
    72%

    18'Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn him to death.'

  • Mark 14:27
    72%

    27Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

  • Matt 26:21
    72%

    21And while they were eating, He said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me."

  • Luke 6:22
    72%

    22Blessed are you when people hate you, exclude you, insult you, and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

  • Ezek 16:40
    72%

    40They will bring a crowd against you, stone you to death, and cut you to pieces with their swords.

  • Matt 26:31
    71%

    31Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of Me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

  • John 16:32
    71%

    32'Look, the hour is coming—in fact, it has already arrived—when you will be scattered, each to your own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.'

  • Matt 23:34
    71%

    34Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

  • Luke 22:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21But look, the hand of the one who is betraying me is with me on the table.

    22For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined. But woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!

  • Mark 14:21
    71%

    21The Son of Man goes just as it is written about him, but woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."

  • Luke 12:53
    71%

    53They will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

  • Luke 21:10
    71%

    10Then he said to them, 'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.'

  • John 15:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20Remember the word I spoke to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

    21But they will do all these things to you because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.

  • Luke 14:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

    26If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.

  • Acts 7:52
    70%

    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—

  • Lev 26:38
    70%

    38You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • Jer 12:6
    70%

    6Your own brothers, the house of your father, have betrayed you; even they have called out loudly after you. Do not trust them, though they speak pleasantly to you.

  • Luke 19:43
    70%

    43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

  • Luke 12:4
    70%

    4I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body but can do nothing more afterward.

  • Matt 23:31
    69%

    31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

  • Lev 26:17
    69%

    17I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is chasing you.

  • Mark 10:33
    69%

    33'We are going up to Jerusalem,' he said, 'and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles.

  • John 6:64
    69%

    64But there are some of you who do not believe.' For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.