Hebrews 12:3 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

³ Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from 'men who were sinning against themselves,' so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.

²⁴ A scholar is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. ²⁵ It is enough for a scholar to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Baal-zebub, how much more the members of his household!

¹⁹ And now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, they are saying 'Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and outcasts!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions."

²⁴ But the Pharisees heard of it and said: "He drives out demons only by the help of Baal-zebub the chief of the demons."

² "How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food."

¹⁵ But, when the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts "God save the Son of David!", they were indignant, ¹⁶ And said to him: "Do you hear what these boys are saying?" "Yes," answered Jesus; "but did you never read the words--'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast called forth perfect praise'?"

²³ After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: " What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

⁴⁶ Yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded him as a Prophet.

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went away and conferred together as to how they might lay a snare for Jesus in the course of conversation.

³⁴ Simeon gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother: "This child is appointed to be the cause of the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign much spoken against--

²⁸ All the people in the Synagogue, as they listened to this, became enraged. ²⁹ Starting up, they drove Jesus out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town stood, intending to hurl him down.

²¹ The Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began debating about this. "Who is this man who speaks so blasphemously?" they asked. "Who can forgive sins except God?"

¹⁵ But some of them said: "He drives out demons by the help of Baal-zebub, the chief of the demons"; ¹⁶ While others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.

⁵³ When Jesus left the house, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely upon many subjects, ⁵⁴ Laying traps for him, so as to seize upon anything that he might say.

¹³ He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God. ¹⁴ But the President of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had worked the cure on the Sabbath, interposed and said to the people: "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come to be cured on one of those, and not on the Sabbath."

¹ On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.

² But the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law found fault. "This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!" they complained.

¹⁴ All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: "Teacher, reprove your disciples." ⁴⁰ But Jesus answered: "I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out."

¹⁶ And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

¹² And there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying 'He is a good man;' others: 'No! he is leading the people astray.'

¹³ "You are bearing testimony to yourself!" exclaimed the Pharisees, "your testimony is not trustworthy."

⁴⁸ "Are not we right, after all," replied the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?" ⁴⁹ "I am not possessed by a demon," Jesus answered, "but I am showing reverence for my Father; and yet you have no reverence for me.

⁵² "Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'

⁵⁹ At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.

⁴⁰ Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: "Then are we blind too?"

²⁰ Many of them said: "He is possessed by a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him?"

³¹ The Jews again brought stones to throw at him; ³² And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?" ³³ "It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God." ³⁴ "Are there not," replied Jesus, "these words in your Law--'I said "Ye are gods"'? ³⁵ If those to whom God's word were addressed were said to be 'gods'--and Scripture cannot be set aside-- ³⁶ Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'? ³⁷ If I am not doing the work that my Father is doing, do not believe me; ³⁸ If I am doing it, even though you do not believe me, believe what that work shows; so that you may understand, and understand more and more clearly, that the Father is in union with me, and I with the Father." ³⁹ Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

⁹ Now great numbers of the Jews found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not solely on his account, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ The Chief Priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,

¹⁸ If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world--that is why the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also. ²¹ But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

²² When Jesus said this, one of the police-officers, who was standing near, gave him a blow with his hand. "Do you answer the High Priest like that?" he exclaimed.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

¹ Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

¹⁶ Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

⁹ Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.

¹³ You, Brothers, must not grow weary of doing what is right.

⁷ Reflect upon what I say; the Lord will always help you to understand. ⁸ Keep before your mind Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David, as told in the Good News entrusted to me;

¹ Therefore, Christian Brothers, you who, all alike, have received the Call from Heaven, fix your attention on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our Religion.

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God.

⁵ and you have forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as God's Children-- 'My child, think not lightly of the Lord's discipline, do not despond when he rebukes you;

³ You possess endurance, and have borne much for my Name, and have never grown weary.