so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

But Jesus said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?"

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them.

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'

Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

Now a dispute came about between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?'

On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

But Paul said to the police officers, "They had us beaten in public without a proper trial -- even though we are Roman citizens -- and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!"

When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?

Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) -- those influential leaders added nothing to my message.

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,