Acts 21:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus, but I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”

Cross References

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And this work is to tell the good news about God's gift of undeserved grace.

Philippians 2:17

Your faith in the Lord and your service are like a sacrifice offered to him. And my own blood may have to be poured out with the sacrifice. If this happens, I will be glad and rejoice with you.

2 Timothy 4:6

Now the time has come for me to die. My life is like a drink offering being poured out on the altar.

Revelation 12:11

“Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives.

Colossians 1:24

I am glad I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue the suffering of Christ for his body, the church.

2 Peter 1:14

And our Lord Jesus Christ has already told me that I will soon leave it behind.

Acts 20:37

Everyone cried and hugged and kissed him.

Acts 5:41

The apostles left the council and were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer for the sake of Jesus.

Revelation 3:10

You obeyed my message and endured. So I will protect you from the time of testing everyone in all the world must go through.

2 Timothy 1:4

I remember how you cried, and I want to see you, because this would make me truly happy.

1 Corinthians 15:31

and face death every day? The pride that I have in you because of Christ Jesus our Lord is what makes me say this.

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for worshiping in my name.”

Philippians 2:26

but now he is eager to see you. He is worried, because you heard he was sick.

Jonah 1:6

The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Maybe he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”

Ezekiel 18:2

Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying, “Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children.”

Isaiah 3:15

The Lord All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dirt the faces of the poor.”

1 Samuel 15:14

“Then why,” Samuel asked, “do I hear sheep and cattle?”

1 Samuel 1:8

So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”

Jeremiah 40:1

I was led away in chains along with the people of Judah and Jerusalem who were being taken to Babylonia. Nebuzaradan was the officer in charge of the guard, and while we were stopped at Ramah, the Lord caused him to set me free.

1 Chronicles 11:18

The Three Warriors sneaked through the Philistine camp and got some water from the well near Bethlehem's gate. They took it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured out the water as a sacrifice to the Lord