Matthew 5:10

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Matthew 5:10

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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When they persecute you in one town, escape to another. For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.

who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come.

You are blessed when people hate you,
when they exclude you, insult you,
and slander your name as evil

because of the Son of Man.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave 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.

After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

Saul agreed with putting him to death.

On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.

Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
Can affliction or anguish or persecution
or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to men.

We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;

not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your deliverance—and this is from God.

if we endure, we will also reign with Him;
if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,

And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.