36 Bible Verses about Prejudice

"Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip.

others said, "He is the Christ"; but others said, "No, surely the Christ does not come from Galilee?

As for this mob, with its ignorance of the Law ??it is accursed!"

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

[vs omitted but shown in footnote] But the Pharisees said, "He casts out daemons by the prince of daemons."

When the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and the large audience was astounded. "Where did he get all this?" they said. "What is the meaning of this wisdom he is endowed with? And these miracles, too, that his hands perform! Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

We know God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"

For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxgatherers do as much? and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that? do not the very pagans do as much?

If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them. If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that. If you only lend to those from whom you hope to get something, what credit is that to you? Even sinful men lend to one another, so as to get a fair return.

(On hearing this all the people and the taxgatherers acknowledged the justice of God, as they had been baptized with the baptism of John;

and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

Now the Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were amazed that the gift of the holy Spirit had actually been poured out on the Gentiles ??46 for they heard them speak with 'tongues' and magnify God. At this Peter asked,

and if Satan is divided against himself, how can his realm stand? You say I am casting out daemons by Beelzebul?

if you attend to the wearer of the handsome clothes and say to him, "Sit here, this is a good place," and tell the poor man, "You can stand," or "Sit there at my feet," are you not drawing distinctions in your own minds and proving that you judge people with partiality?

You judge by the outside. I judge no one;

Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his scruples.

So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

Besides, the so-called 'authorities' (it makes no difference to me what their status used to be ??God pays no regard to the externals of men), these 'authorities' had no additions to make to my gospel.

but if you pay servile regard to people, you commit a sin, and the Law convicts you of transgression.

Then Peter opened his lips and said, "I see quite plainly that God has no favourites,

There is no partiality about God.

And as for you masters, act by your servants in the same way, and stop threatening them; be sure that they and you have a Lord and Master in heaven, and there is no partiality about him.

for the wrongdoer will be paid back for his wrongdoing ??there will be no favour shown.

He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

"Woe to you, Khorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Had the miracles performed in you been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. I tell you this, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And you, O Capharnahum! Exalted to heaven? No, you will sink to Hades! ??for if the miracles performed in you had been performed in Sodom, Sodom would have lasted to this day.

For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Just One. And here you have betrayed him, murdered him! ??53 you who got the Law that angels transmitted, and have not obeyed it!"

Look, you disdainful folk, wonder at this and perish for in your days I do a deed, a deed you will never believe, not though one were to explain it to you."

That same day some Sadducees came up to him, men who hold there is no resurrection. They put this question to him:

Sadducees, men who hold there is no resurrection, also came up and put a question to him.

Some of the Sadducees came up, who deny any resurrection, and put a question to him.

While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees, who were annoyed at them teaching the people and proclaiming Jesus as an instance of resurrection from the dead. They laid hands on them and, as it was now evening, put them in custody till next morning.

For while the Sadducees declare there is no such thing as resurrection, angels, or spirits, the Pharisees affirm them all.