Acts 18:6

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.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and doesn’t heed the warning, if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”

Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men,

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

for he who welcomes him participates in his evil deeds.

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”

For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

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

but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season.”

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.

When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”

Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”

As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”

Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

“Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight. You shall move from your place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

All flesh will see God’s salvation.’ ”

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”

“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

that the rest of men may seek after the Lord; all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.’

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

“ ‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.

It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.

“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”

He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.

As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”

They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—

Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.