8 Bible Verses about Outward Compulsion

And whoever will compel you to go one mile, go with him two.

And as they were going out, they found a man of Gyrene, named Simon: this man they compelled to carry his cross.

And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, (the father of Alexander and Eufus,) who was passing by, coming in from the country, to bear his cross.

And as they led him away, they laid hold of Simon, a certain Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might carry it after Jesus.

And the lord said to his servant, Go out into the roads, and among the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be full.

Therefore, Jesus perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew into the mountain himself alone.

I have become of no understanding; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: I am in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles, although I am nothing.

As many as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of the Christ.