Matthew 10:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.”
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“On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.”
King James Version · Public Domain“yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 10:18 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Matthew 8:4Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
- 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.
- Acts 5:25Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
- Acts 12:1About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
- Acts 23:33When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
- Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- 2 Timothy 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
- 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
- Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- Revelation 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
- Revelation 11:7When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
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