Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest.

Meanwhile the men who held Jesus in custody repeatedly beat Him in cruel sport,