Matthew 21:33-41
"Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.
Matthew 23:2
"The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.
Matthew 23:29-36
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you repair the sepulchres of the Prophets and keep in order the tombs of the righteous,
Luke 6:22
"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.
John 16:2
You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.
Acts 5:40-41
His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then let them go.
Acts 20:29-30
I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock;
Acts 26:9-10
"I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
1 Corinthians 4:10-13
We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as "foolish"; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.
Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
Hebrews 11:36-37
Others again were tested by cruel mockery and by scourging; yes, and by chains and imprisonment.
Hebrews 12:2
simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself-- where He still sits--at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 4:14-16
You are to be envied, if you are being reproached for bearing the name of Christ; for in that case the Spirit of glory-- even the Spirit of God--is resting upon you.
Revelation 17:5-6
And on her forehead was a name written: "I am a symbol of great Babylon, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth."
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