Matthew 5:12

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.

Matthew 21:33-41

Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

Luke 16:14

All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.

Luke 18:32

For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat upon;

Luke 22:63-64

The men that held Jesus kept making sport of him and beating him.

Luke 23:11

And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe round him, and then sent him back to Pilate.

Luke 23:36

The soldiers, too, came up in mockery, bringing him common wine,

Acts 2:13

But there were some who said with a sneer: "They have had too much new wine."

Acts 7:52

Which of the Prophets escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers--

Acts 13:41

'Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days--a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe'."

Acts 17:32

On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they would hear what he had to say about that another time.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore he who disregards this warning disregards, not man, but God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 11:36

Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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Bible References

Despised

Luke 16:14
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
Acts 13:41
'Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days--a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe'."
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore he who disregards this warning disregards, not man, but God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Misused

Matthew 5:12
Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.
Matthew 21:33
Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.
Acts 7:52
Which of the Prophets escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers--

General references

Matthew 21:35
But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
Crowned them all by shutting John up in prison.