John 16:2

Conservative English Version

You will be chased out of the Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favor.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

And then they say to others, "Don't come near us! We're dedicated to God." Such people are like smoke, irritating my nose all day.

Isaiah 66:5

If you tremble when the LORD speaks, listen to what he says: "Some of your own people hate and reject you because of me. They make fun and say, 'Let the LORD show his power! Let us see him make you truly happy.' But those who say these things will be terribly ashamed."

Daniel 11:33

Wise leaders will instruct many of the people. But for a while, some of these leaders will either be killed with swords or burned alive, or else robbed of their possessions and thrown into prison.

Matthew 10:28

Don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but they cannot harm your soul. Instead, you should fear God who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell.

Matthew 24:9

You will be arrested, punished, and even killed. Because of me, you will be hated by people of all nations.

Luke 6:22

God will bless you when others hate you and won't have anything to do with you. God will bless you when people insult you and say cruel things about you, all because you are a follower of the Son of Man.

John 12:42

Even then, many of the leaders put their faith in Jesus, but they did not tell anyone about it. The Pharisees had already given orders for the people not to have anything to do with anyone who had faith in Jesus.

John 16:25

I have used examples to explain to you what I have been talking about. But the time will come when I will speak to you plainly about the Father and will no longer use examples like these.

John 16:32

The time will come and is already here when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go back home and leave me by myself. But the Father will be with me, and I won't be alone.

John 4:21

Jesus said to her: Believe me, the time is coming when you won't worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

John 4:23

But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him.

John 9:22

The man's parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already agreed that no one was to have anything to do with anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.

John 9:34

The leaders told the man, "You have been a sinner since the day you were born! Do you think you can teach us anything?" Then they said, "You can never come back into any of our meeting places!"

Acts 5:33

When the council members heard this, they became so angry that they wanted to kill the apostles.

Acts 7:56

Then Stephen said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

1 Corinthians 4:13

When someone curses us, we answer with kind words. Until now we are thought of as nothing more than the trash and garbage of this world.

Philippians 3:6

And I was so eager that I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.

Revelation 6:9

When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of everyone who had been killed for speaking God's message and telling about their faith.

Judges 6:30

The men of the town went to Joash and said, "Your son Gideon knocked over Baal's altar and cut down the sacred pole next to it. Hand him over, so we can kill him!"