Luke 6:22

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

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

But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

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.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”

Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

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

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 the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.

for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him!”

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

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

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

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.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

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

The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

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

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

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.

The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.

I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

Therefore if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.