Luke 6:22

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“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.”

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BSBPD

“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:22 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
  2. Isaiah 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
  3. Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  4. Matthew 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
  5. Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  6. Matthew 10:39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
  7. Mark 13:9So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
  8. Luke 20:15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
  9. Luke 21:17And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
  10. John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  11. John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  12. John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
  13. John 12:42Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
  14. John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  15. John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  16. John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  17. Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
  18. Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
  19. Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
  20. 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
  21. 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
  22. Philippians 1:28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
  23. 1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
  24. 2 Timothy 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

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