Matthew 5:11

Modern English Version

“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Cross References

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things I do not know.

Psalm 44:22

Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He shall take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken it.

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law; do not fear the reproach of men nor be afraid of their revilings.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for My name’s sake, said, “Let the Lord be glorified that we may see your joy.” Yet they shall be ashamed.

Jeremiah 37:14

But Jeremiah said, “It is false! I am not falling away to the Chaldeans,” but he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

Matthew 10:18

You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by all men for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household?

Matthew 10:39

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My name’s sake shall receive a hundred times as much and inherit eternal life.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

Matthew 27:39

Those who passed by insulted Him, shaking their heads,

Mark 13:13

You will be hated by all men for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Mark 13:9

“But take heed. For they will hand you over to councils, and in the synagogues you will be beaten. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

Mark 4:17

but have no root in themselves, and so endure for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution rises for the word’s sake, immediately they fall away.

Mark 8:35

For whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever would lose his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Luke 21:12

“But before all these things, they will seize you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake.

Luke 21:17

You will be hated by all men for My name’s sake,

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company and insult you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

Luke 9:24

For whoever will save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

John 9:28

Then they insulted him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

Romans 8:36

As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are despised.

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that also the life of Jesus might be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Philippians 1:29

For to you it was granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

1 Peter 2:23

When He was reviled, He did not revile back; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but He entrusted Himself to Him who judges righteously.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reproached because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

Revelation 2:3

You have endured, and have been patient, and for My name’s sake have labored and have not grown weary.