Mark 12:38

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

“Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

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.

He summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.

You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.

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

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

He said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So they made him ride in his chariot.

Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of Yahweh’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for I pray to you.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

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.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

“Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?

You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”

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

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.”

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

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

The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.

But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.

As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised; just so they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.

I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.