Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for your persecutors,
Matthew 10:21-23
One brother will give up another to death, and a father his child, and children will turn against their parents, and have them put to death.
Matthew 24:9
Then they will hand you over to persecution and they will put you to death, and you will be hated by all the heathen because you bear my name.
Luke 2:34
And he gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother, "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a portent that will be much debated??35 you yourself will be pierced to the heart??nd so the thoughts of many minds will be revealed."
Luke 6:22
"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
Acts 16:20-22
and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town.
Acts 17:6-8
As they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the town magistrates, shouting, "The men who have made trouble all over the world have come here too,
Acts 19:8-9
He went to the synagogue there, and for three months spoke confidently, holding discussions and trying to persuade them about the Kingdom of God.
Acts 19:25-28
He got the workmen in that and similar trades together, and said to them, "Men, you know that this business is the source of our prosperity,
Acts 28:22
But we want to hear you state your views, for as far as this sect is concerned, we understand that everywhere it is denounced."
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For it seems to me, God has exhibited us apostles at the very end of the procession, like the men condemned to die in the arena. For we have become a spectacle to the whole universe, angels as well as men.