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Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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1 Peter 3 9
not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you would inherit a blessing.
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Acts 7:60
Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“ Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he fell asleep.
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1 Peter 2 20-1 Peter 2 23
For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps,He who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;and while being abusively insulted, He did not insult in return; while suffering, He did not threaten, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;
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1 Corinthians 2 8
the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
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Luke 6:27-28
“ But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,bless those who curse you, pray for those who are abusive to you.
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Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
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Psalms 22:18
They divide my garments among them, And they cast lots for my clothing.
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Genesis 50:17
‘ This is what you shall say to Joseph:“ Please forgive, I beg you, the offense of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.” ’ And now, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
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Isaiah 53:12
Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the plunder with the strong, Because He poured out His life unto death, And was counted with wrongdoers; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the wrongdoers.
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Acts 3:17
“ And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers also did.
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1 Timothy 1 13
even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
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1 Corinthians 4 12
and we labor, working with our own hands; when we are verbally abused, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
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John 15:22-24
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.The one who hates Me hates My Father also.If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
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Luke 23:47-48
Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying,“ This man was in fact innocent.”And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, after watching what had happened, began to return home, beating their chests.
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John 19:23-24
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts: a part to each soldier, and the tunic also; but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.So they said to one another,“ Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be.” This happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled:“ They divided My garments among themselves, and they cast lots for My clothing.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said,“ I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to infants.
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Luke 12:47-48
And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accordance with his will, will receive many blows,but the one who did not know it, and committed acts deserving of a beating, will receive only a few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
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Mark 15:24
And they* crucified Him, and* divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man would take.
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John 19:11
Jesus answered him,“ You would have no authority over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”
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Psalms 106:16-23
When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a cast metal image.So they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,Wonders in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.Therefore He said that He would destroy them, If Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
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Matthew 27:35-36
And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments among themselves by casting lots.And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there.