John 16:2 - Easy To Read Version

² People will make you leave their synagogues. {\cf2\super [222]} Yes, a time is coming when people will think that killing you would be doing service for God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² They will put you out of (expel you from) the synagogues; but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think and claim that he has offered service to God.

American Standard Version (1901)

² They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

Common English Bible

² They will expel you from the synagogue. The time is coming when those who kill you will think that they are doing a service to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² They will put you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth a service to God.

John 16:2 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 65:5

“But those people tell other people, ‘Don’t come near me! Don’t touch me until I make you clean.’ Those people are like smoke in my eyes. And their fire burns all the time.”

Isaiah 66:5

You people that obey the Lord’s commands\par should listen to the things\par the Lord says,\par “Your brothers hated you.\par They turned against you\par because you followed me.\par Your brothers said,\par ‘We will come back to you\par when the Lord is honored.\par Then we will be happy with you.’\par Those bad people will be punished.\par

Daniel 11:33

“‘Those wise teachers will help the other people understand what is happening. But even those wise people \{will have to suffer persecution.\} Some of those wise people will be killed with swords. Some of them will be burned, or taken prisoner. Some of them will have their homes and things taken away.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be afraid of people. They can only kill the body. They cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the One (God) that can destroy the body and the soul. He can send the body and the soul to hell.

Matthew 24:9

“Then people will treat you badly. People will give you \{to the rulers\} to be persecuted (hurt) and killed. All people will hate you. All these things will happen to you because you believe in me.

Luke 6:22

“People will hate you because you belong to the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [117]} They will make you leave their group. They will insult you. They will think it is wrong even to say your name. When these things happen, know that God will bless you.

John 12:42

But many people believed in Jesus. Even many of the Jewish leaders believed in Jesus. But they were afraid of the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [205]} So they did not say openly that they believed. They were afraid that they would be put out of the synagogue. {\cf2\super [206]}

John 16:25

“I have told you these things, using words that hide the meaning. But the time will come when I will not use words like that to tell you things. I will speak to you in plain words about the Father.

John 16:32

Listen to me. A time is coming when you will be scattered. Each of you will be scattered to his own home. That time is now here. You will leave me. I will be alone. But I am never really alone, because the Father is with me.

John 4:21

Jesus said, “Believe me, woman! The time is coming when you will not have to be in Jerusalem or on that mountain to worship the Father (God).

John 4:23

The time is coming when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. That time is now here. And those are the kind of people the Father wants to be his worshipers.

John 9:22

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The Jewish leaders had already decided that they would punish any person that said Jesus was the Christ. {\cf2\super [158]} They would put those people out of the synagogue. {\cf2\super [159]}

John 9:34

The Jewish leaders answered, “You were born full of sin! Are you trying to teach us?” And the Jewish leaders forced the man to leave.

Acts 5:33

The Jewish leaders heard these words. They became very angry. They began to plan a way to kill the apostles. {\cf2\super [101]}

Acts 7:56

Stephen said, “Look! I see heaven open. And I see the Son of Man {\cf2\super [152]} standing at God’s right side!”

1 Corinthians 4:13

People say bad things about us, but we say good things to them. At this time people still treat us like we are the world’s garbage—the trash of the earth.

Philippians 3:6

I was so excited \{about my Jewish religion\} that I persecuted {\cf2\super [20]} the church (the believers). No person could find fault with the way I always obeyed the law \{of Moses\}.

Revelation 6:9

The Lamb opened the fifth seal. Then I saw some souls under the altar. {\cf2\super [51]} They were the souls of those people who had been killed because they were faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [52]} and to the truth they had received.

Judges 6:30

So the men of the city came to Joash. They said to Joash, “You must bring your son out. He pulled down the altar [64] for Baal. [65] And he cut down the Asherah [66] pole that was by that altar. So your son must die.”