Bible Verses About Persecution

But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

And Jesus perceivingitwithdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all,

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.

yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.

Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in like manner.

But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk.

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him unto them.

Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

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

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Prætorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.