17 Bible Verses about Mockery

But others said derisively, "They have had too much new wine!"

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We should like to hear you again on this subject."

As he said this in his defense, Festus called out, "You are raving, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!"

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve off by themselves, and said to them as they were on the way, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and hand him over to the heathen to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life."

As they went on their way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walked ahead of them, and they were in dismay, and those who still followed were afraid. And he took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him. "See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen and they will ridicule him and spit on him and flog him and kill him; and three days after he will rise again."

And he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "See! we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. For he will be handed over to the heathen, and ridiculed and insulted and spat upon, and they will flog him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."

Then they spat in his face and struck him, and others slapped him, saying, "Show us you are a prophet, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

And some started to spit at him and to blindfold him and strike him, and say to him, "Now show that you are a prophet!" And the attendants slapped him as they took charge of him.

The men who had Jesus in custody flogged him and made sport of him, and they blindfolded him, and asked him, "Show that you are a prophet! Who was it that struck you?" And they said many other abusive things to him.

And Herod and his guards made light of him and ridiculed him, and they put a gorgeous robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and got the whole battalion together about him. And they stripped him and put a red cloak on him, and made a wreath of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his hand, and knelt down before him in mockery, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"read more.
And they spat at him, and took the stick and struck him on the head. And when they had finished making sport of him, they took off the cloak, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to be crucified.

Then the soldiers took him inside the courtyard, that is, of the governor's residence, and they called the whole battalion together. And they dressed him up in a purple cloak, and made a wreath of thorns and crowned him with it, and they began to acclaim him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"read more.
And they struck him on the head with a stick and spat at him, and they knelt down and did homage to him. When they had finished making sport of him, they took off the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. Then they took him out of the city to crucify him.

And the high priests, too, made sport of him with the scribes and elders, and said, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is King of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him if he cares for him, for he said he was God's son."read more.
Even the robbers who were crucified with him abused him in the same way.

The high priests too made sport of him to one another with the scribes and said, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let this Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see it and believe!" And the men who were crucified with him abused him.

while the people stood looking on. Even the leading councilors jeered at him, and said, "He has saved others, let him save himself, if he is really God's Christ, his Chosen One!"

The soldiers also made sport of him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

Do not be deceived. God is not to be sneered at. A man will reap just what he sows.