Luke 6:22

Jesus blesses those hated and excluded for the Son of Man's sake. Suffering for Christ is a mark of God's favor, not his absence.

Cross-references · 27

• Matt 5:10–12Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• 1 Pet 4:12–16Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
• 1 Pet 3:14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
• John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
• 1 Th 2:14–15For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
• Isa 66:5Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
• 2 Tim 3:11–12Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
• Phil 1:28–30And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
• John 12:42Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
• Matt 10:39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
• 1 Cor 4:10–11We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
• 1 Pet 2:19–20For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
• Acts 24:5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
• Isa 65:5Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
• Mark 13:9–13But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
• Acts 9:16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
• John 17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
• Luke 21:17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
• Luke 20:15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
• 2 Cor 11:23–26Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
• John 9:22–28These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
• John 15:18–21If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
• Acts 22:22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
• John 9:34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
• Matt 10:18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

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