Lexicon :: Strong's G1752 - heneka

“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

“You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

“Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

“and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother[fn] or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother[fn]

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father[fn] or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

“But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts,[fn] and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

because he has anointed me

to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me[fn]

to proclaim release[fn] to the captives

and recovery of sight to the blind,

to set free the oppressed,

Blessed are you when people hate you,

when they exclude you, insult you,

and slander your name as evil

because of the Son of Man.

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

Some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

“For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and were trying to kill me.

“For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”

As it is written:

Because of you

we are being put to death all day long;

we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make someone fall by what he eats.

In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison because of the glory that surpasses it.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your devotion to us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.