John 15:25
But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
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- Ps 109:3 : 3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
- Ps 35:19 : 19 Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
- Ps 69:4 : 4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
- John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'
- 2 Cor 11:7 : 7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?
- Luke 24:44 : 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
- Ps 7:4 : 4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
- Gal 2:21 : 21 I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"
- 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
- Rev 21:6 : 6 He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
- Rev 22:17 : 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
- John 19:36 : 36 For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be broken."
- Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
- Rom 3:24 : 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
- Matt 10:8 : 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
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- John 15:17-248 verses83%
17 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they don't know him who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.
24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
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7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
- John 17:13-142 verses75%
13 But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
14 I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- John 16:1-33 verses74%
1 "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
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26 "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
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17 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
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37 I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
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16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
- Ps 139:21-222 verses71%
21 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
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17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
- Matt 5:43-442 verses70%
43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
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5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- John 15:11-122 verses70%
11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
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42 But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.
- John 5:38-392 verses70%
38 You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.
39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
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3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
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37 For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with transgressors.' For that which concerns me has an end."
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7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
- Matt 26:54-552 verses69%
54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
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9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.
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19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.
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27 "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
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23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
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19 Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
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4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
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36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
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19 Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
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27 But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'"
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25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
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49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
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27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
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11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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25 I have said these things to you, while still living with you.
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12 For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.