If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.

After that He came back to the disciples and said to them: "Still sleeping! Still resting! See! The time has come for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men!

He came back the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? No more of that! The hour has come. See! The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

And they saw tongues like flames of fire separating and resting on their heads, one to each of them,

And He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and rest a little while." For there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and they had no time even to eat.

'"Heaven is my throne, and earth a footstool for my feet. What house can you build for me?" says the Lord; "Or what place is there in which I can rest?

For when a change in the priesthood takes place, a change in its law necessarily takes place.

When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull,

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

From now on I will tell you things before they take place, so that when they do take place, you may believe that I am the Christ.

And now I have told you this before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe in me.

Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.

as they kept shouting, "Men of Israel, help! help! This is the man who teaches everybody everywhere against our people and the law and this place; yea, more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and desecrated this sacred place."