Matthew 5:11

First Nations Version

“Others will lie about you, speak against you, and look down on you with scorn and contempt, all because you walk the road with me. This is a sign that Creator’s blessing is resting on you.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:14

If you are treated with scorn and contempt because you follow the Chosen One, you are blessed. For this is a sign that the beauty of his Spirit and of Creator is resting on you.

Luke 21:17

They will all hate you because you are representing me and my teachings.

Mark 13:13

And because you represent me, all will look down on you and hate you, but the ones who stand strong to the end will be set free and made whole.

Matthew 24:9

“Because you represent me, you will be looked down on by all the nations. They will hunt you down and kill you, all because you follow me.

Luke 6:22

“Creator’s blessing rests on you when you are hated and rejected, looked down on and treated as worthless, all because you have chosen to walk the good road with the True Human Being.

1 Peter 2:23

He did not return insult for insult. When he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he kept looking to the one who is always right when he decides who has done right or who has done wrong.

John 15:21

“The people who walk in the ways of this world will do this to you because you walk in my ways, representing me. This shows they do not know the one who sent me.

Matthew 10:22

The time will come when all will hate you because you represent me and carry my name. But remember, it is the ones who never give up and make it to the end of the road who will be rescued and made whole.

Matthew 10:39

The ones who care only for their own life will fail to find life, but the ones who will lay down their life for me will find true life.

Revelation 2:3

I know you have never grown tired of representing me, even when thorns grew across the path.

Matthew 19:29

“All who have given up their homes and families because they represent me will receive back much more than they have lost, and the life of the world to come that never fades away will be theirs.” For they now belong to Creator’s sacred family, which will care for them.

2 Corinthians 4:11

It is because of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) that we who are alive are always facing death. It is for this reason that the life of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) will also be seen in our death-doomed bodies.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We look like sacred clowns for the Chosen One, but you are seen as his wisdom keepers! You seem powerful, while we are seen as weak.

Romans 8:36

It is written in our Sacred Teachings, “Because of you we face death every day. We are counted only as sheep to be violently killed.”

Luke 21:12

“Before all of this happens, you will be betrayed by your own people. They will hunt you down, drag you into their gathering houses, and put you in jail. They will hand you over to the government and officials of the People of Iron (Romans). All of this they will do to you because of me and my name.

Luke 9:24

to the place of ultimate sacrifice. The ones who hold on to their lives will lose them, but the ones who are willing to lay down their lives for me and my message will live.

Mark 8:35

“The ones who hold on to their lives will not find life, but the ones who are willing to let go of their lives, for me and for the good story I bring, will find the true life.

Matthew 10:25

So consider it an honor that you will be treated the same as your Wisdomkeeper. If they have called the chief of the council house Worthless Ruler (Beelzebul), how much worse will they speak of the members of his council?

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer in order to represent who I am.”

Mark 13:9

“You must stay ready and alert! Your own people will turn you over to the local tribal councils and beat you in their gathering houses. Because you are representing me, you will be brought before the governors and rulers of the People of Iron (Romans). You will then tell them about Creator’s good road,

Matthew 27:39

As people walked by and saw him, they spoke arrogantly to him, wagged their heads,

Mark 4:17

but because they have no roots, their faith is shallow and does not last. As soon as the message brings them trouble or opposition, they stumble and lose their way.

Matthew 10:18

You will also be dragged before government rulers and leaders—all because you are representing me—and in this way through you both the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel) and the People of Iron (Romans) will hear my message.

John 9:28

“You are his follower!” they said with disrespect in their voices. “We follow Drawn from the Water (Moses),

Philippians 1:29

For you have been given the honor not only to trust in the Chosen One but also to suffer for him.