John 15:20
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20 Remember the word that I said to you, (A)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (B)If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
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2 Timothy 3:12
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12 Yes, and (A)all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
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John 13:16
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16 (A)Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
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Matthew 10:24
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24 (A)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
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Ezekiel 3:7
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7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, (A)because they will not listen to Me; (B)for all the house of Israel are [a]impudent and hard-hearted.
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- Ezekiel 3:7 Lit. strong of forehead
2 Corinthians 4:9
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9 persecuted, but not (A)forsaken; (B)struck down, but not destroyed—
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1 Corinthians 4:12
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12 (A)And we labor, working with our own hands. (B)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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Acts 4:27-30
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27 “For (A)truly against (B)Your holy Servant Jesus, (C)whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 (D)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants (E)that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, (F)and that signs and wonders may be done (G)through the name of (H)Your holy Servant Jesus.”
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John 8:51
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51 Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”
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1 Thessalonians 2:15
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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God (C)and are [a]contrary to all men,
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 hostile
John 10:31
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Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31 Then (A)the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
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Luke 6:40
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40 (A)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
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Isaiah 53:1-3
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The Sin-Bearing Messiah
53 Who (A)has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no [a]form or [b]comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no [c]beauty that we should desire Him.
3 (B)He is despised and [d]rejected by men,
A Man of [e]sorrows and (C)acquainted with [f]grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and (D)we did not esteem Him.
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- Isaiah 53:2 Stately form
- Isaiah 53:2 splendor
- Isaiah 53:2 Lit. appearance
- Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
- Isaiah 53:3 Lit. pains
- Isaiah 53:3 Lit. sickness
Acts 7:52-60
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (B)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 (C)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
Stephen the Martyr
54 (D)When they heard these things they were [a]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, (E)being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the (F)glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! (G)I see the heavens opened and the (H)Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And (I)the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, (J)receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (K)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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- Acts 7:54 furious
John 11:57
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57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might (A)seize Him.
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John 8:59
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59 Then (A)they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, (B)going[a] through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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John 7:32
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Jesus and the Religious Leaders
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
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John 5:16
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Honor the Father and the Son
16 For this reason the Jews (A)persecuted Jesus, [a]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
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- John 5:16 NU omits and sought to kill Him
Luke 2:34
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34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the (A)fall and rising of many in Israel, and for (B)a sign which will be spoken against
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1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for (A)they have not rejected you, but (B)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
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