Matthew 10:18

New American Bible - revised edition

and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans.

Cross References

Psalm 119:46

I will speak openly of your testimonies without fear even before kings.

Matthew 10:17

But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,

Matthew 10:19

When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say.

Matthew 8:4

Then Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The Healing of a Centurion’s Servant.

Mark 13:9

“Watch out for yourselves. They will hand you over to the courts. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will be arraigned before governors and kings because of me, as a witness before them.

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus.

Revelation 11:7

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will wage war against them and conquer them and kill them.

Revelation 6:9

When he broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the witness they bore to the word of God.