Bible Verses About Persecution

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,

and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.

And the Pharisees went out, and straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons casteth he out the demons.

but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in talk.

Now after two days wasthe feast ofthe passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.

And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things;

and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.

But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;