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- It is written in the New Testament that Jesus said:
- > 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.' [1].
- > 'Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment' [2].
- > 'You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.' [3]
- > 'Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.' [4]
- > 'The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!' [5]
- > 'If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple' [6]
- > 'Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.' [7].
- > 'You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.' [8]
- > 'But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me' [9].
- > 'Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!' [10]
- > 'The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that, they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’ [11]
- >
- > [1] (Matthew 5:9-13)
- > [2] (John 7:24)
- > [3] (John 8:15-16)
- > [4] (Matthew 10:34-36)
- > [5] (Luke 12:47-49)
- > [6] (Luke 14:26)
- > [7] (Matthew 24:7-9)
- > [8] (John 18:37)
- > [9] (Luke 19:27)
- > [10] (Luke 12:51)
- > [11] (Mark 4:11-12)
- It is written in the New Testament that Jesus said:
- "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
- Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
- It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
- Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment. You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.
- But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.
- Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
- For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
- and a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.
- The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.
- But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.
- From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded;
- and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
- I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
- If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,
- yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
- Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
- Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
- You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.
- Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.
- But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.
- Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
- The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you.
- But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that,
- they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!"
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