So a pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and a slave like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, the members of the family will be called even worse names!

People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus:

Evil people testify against me and accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.

Listen to what the LORD says, you that fear him and obey him: "Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. They mock you and say, 'Let the LORD show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice.' But they themselves will be disgraced!

John the Baptist came, and he fasted and drank no wine, and you said, 'He has a demon in him!'

The Son of Man came, and he ate and drank, and you said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!'

They insulted him and said, "You are that fellow's disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.

Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.

For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles.

Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.

"Then you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and be put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me.

But it is on your account that we are being killed all the time, that we are treated like sheep to be slaughtered.

But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.

For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it.

"You yourselves must watch out. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News.

Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

"Happy are you when people hate you, reject you, insult you, and say that you are evil, all because of the Son of Man!

For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it, but if you lose your life for my sake, you will save it.

Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.

Everyone will hate you because of me.

But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for they do not know the one who sent me.

And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake."

As the scripture says, "For your sake we are in danger of death at all times; we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered."

For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!

Throughout our lives we are always in danger of death for Jesus' sake, in order that his life may be seen in this mortal body of ours.

You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up.