Matthew 10:23

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When 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.

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  • Acts 17:10 : 10 Immediately, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. Upon arriving, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
  • Acts 8:1 : 1 Saul was in full agreement with his execution. On that day, a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
  • Matt 16:28 : 28 Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 Therefore, 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,
  • Matt 24:27 : 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  • Matt 24:30 : 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
  • Matt 24:48 : 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
  • Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus said to him, "You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."
  • Mark 13:26 : 26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
  • Luke 4:29-31 : 29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff. 30 But He walked right through the crowd and went on His way. 31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
  • Luke 21:27 : 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
  • John 7:1 : 1 After this, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He did not want to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.
  • John 10:39-42 : 39 Once again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. 40 Then he went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. 41 Many people came to him and said, 'Though John never performed a sign, all that he said about this man was true.' 42 And many believed in him there.
  • John 11:53-54 : 53 So from that day on, they plotted to kill him. 54 Jesus, therefore, no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim. And he stayed there with his disciples.
  • Acts 9:24-25 : 24 But Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
  • Acts 13:50-51 : 50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region. 51 So they shook the dust off their feet as a testimony against them and went to Iconium.
  • Acts 14:6-7 : 6 Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region. 7 There they continued preaching the good news.
  • Acts 14:19-20 : 19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day, he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
  • Acts 17:14 : 14 Immediately, the brothers sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
  • Acts 20:1 : 1 After the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying goodbye, he left to go to Macedonia.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'
  • Matt 4:12 : 12 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew to Galilee.
  • Matt 12:14-15 : 14 But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against Him, plotting how they might destroy Him. 15 But Jesus, knowing this, withdrew from there. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all.

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

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    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.'

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    14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that house or town and shake off the dust from your feet.

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