John 10:20
Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
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John 10:20
Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
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Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
Psalms 31:18
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Psalms 123:4
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
Isaiah 49:7
Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Matthew 5:11
“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
John 1:11
He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
John 5:44
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
John 8:22
The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
John 15:21
But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
Romans 15:3
For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
1 Corinthians 4:13
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
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Psalms 35:20
For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
John 2:20
The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”
John 4:9
The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
John 7:7
The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
John 15:18
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
1 Corinthians 4:12
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
1 John 3:8
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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Psalms 41:9
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
Micah 7:5
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!
Micah 7:6
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
Luke 12:52
For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Acts 13:43
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 13:44
The next Sabbath, almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
Acts 13:46
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.
Acts 14:1
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.
Acts 14:2
But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.
Acts 14:3
Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts 14:4
But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews and part with the apostles.
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Psalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:8
He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
Jeremiah 50:6
My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
Ezekiel 34:16
“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.” ’
Ezekiel 34:28
They will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the animals of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and no one will make them afraid.
Matthew 12:11
He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it and lift it out?
Matthew 18:12
“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
Luke 15:4
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
Luke 15:5
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Luke 15:6
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
Luke 15:7
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
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Hosea 9:17
My God will cast them away, because they didn’t listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
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Matthew 8:28
When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
Matthew 12:25
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
Matthew 12:26
If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
Matthew 12:27
If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:28
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.
Matthew 12:29
Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
Matthew 12:30
“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.
Matthew 12:31
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
Mark 3:23
He summoned them and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mark 3:24
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Mark 3:25
If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Mark 3:26
If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.
Mark 3:27
But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house.
Mark 3:28
“Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
Mark 3:29
but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”
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Matthew 16:13
Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
Matthew 16:14
They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 16:15
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
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Luke 7:16
Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
John 7:25
Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
John 7:26
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
John 7:40
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
John 8:40
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
John 8:49
Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
John 8:51
Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
John 9:39
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
Acts 26:25
But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
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Proverbs 23:9
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Matthew 21:46
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
John 7:27
However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
John 7:48
Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
John 7:49
But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”
John 7:50
Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
John 7:51
“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
John 7:52
They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
John 9:29
We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”
John 9:30
The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
John 9:31
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.
John 9:32
Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
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John 7:46
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
John 7:47
The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
John 8:47
He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”
John 9:28
They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
John 9:33
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
John 9:34
They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.
John 9:40
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
Acts 18:14
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
Acts 25:20
Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.
Acts 26:30
The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
Acts 26:31
When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
Acts 26:32
Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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John 10:1
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
John 10:11
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:12
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
John 10:13
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
John 10:15
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16
I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
John 10:17
Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
John 10:18
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
1 Peter 2:25
For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
Matthew 13:58
He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
John 7:5
For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
John 7:10
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
John 7:11
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
John 7:13
Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
John 10:22
It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
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John 13:2
During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
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John 13:27
After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
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Matthew 9:11
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 26:65
Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
John 19:12
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
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Acts 28:24
Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
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Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”
John 6:15
Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
John 6:60
Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:21
For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:22
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
1 Corinthians 1:24
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;
1 Corinthians 2:13
We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
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2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died.
2 Corinthians 5:15
He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
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