'Sake' in the Bible

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.