Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
    and cast you out for my name's sake
have said, (A)‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy’;
    but it is they who shall be put to shame.

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The Hatred of the World

18 (A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (C)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: (D)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, (E)they will also persecute you. (F)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

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10 (A)“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for (B)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 (C)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely (D)on my account. 12 (E)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for (F)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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(A)All these things my hand has made,
    and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(B)But this is the one to whom I will look:
    he who is humble and contrite in spirit
    and trembles at my word.

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20 Those who (A)render me evil for good
    (B)accuse me because I (C)follow after good.

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22 (A)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. (B)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

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34 They answered him, (A)“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they (B)cast him out.

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16 When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear. And they said to Baruch, (A)“We must report all these words to the king.”

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19 who say: (A)“Let him be quick,
    let him speed his work
    that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
    and let it come, that we may know it!”

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