Luke 6:23 Cross References

Luke 6:23

23: "When that happens, rejoice! Yes, leap for joy! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were also treated that way by your ancestors.

Matthew 5:12

  1. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted, too.

James 1:2

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy.

Revelation 2:7

  1. "Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Everyone who is victorious will eat from the tree of life in the paradise of God.

Acts 3:8

  1. He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.

Revelation 2:17

  1. "Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Everyone who is victorious will eat of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.

Revelation 21:7

  1. All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

1 Peter 4:13

  1. Instead, be very glad--because these trials will make you partners with Christ in his suffering, and afterward you will have the wonderful joy of sharing his glory when it is displayed to all the world.

2 Chronicles 36:16

  1. But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and there was no remedy.

Revelation 2:10

  1. Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil will throw some of you into prison and put you to the test. You will be persecuted for 'ten days.' Remain faithful even when facing death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  2. "Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Whoever is victorious will not be hurt by the second death.

Jeremiah 2:30

  1. I have punished your children, but it did them no good. They still refuse to obey. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.

2 Samuel 6:16

  1. But as the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she was filled with contempt for him.

Revelation 3:12

  1. All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write my God's name on them, and they will be citizens in the city of my God--the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And they will have my new name inscribed upon them.

Romans 5:3

  1. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us--they help us learn to endure.

2 Timothy 4:7

  1. I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.
  2. And now the prize awaits me--the crown of righteousness that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that great day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his glorious return.

1 Kings 19:10

  1. Elijah replied, "I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I alone am left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."

Matthew 23:31

  1. "In saying that, you are accusing yourselves of being the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
  2. Go ahead. Finish what they started.
  3. Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?
  4. I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. You will kill some by crucifixion and whip others in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.
  5. As a result, you will become guilty of murdering all the godly people from righteous Abel to Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered in the Temple between the altar and the sanctuary.

Matthew 21:35

  1. But the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
  2. So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.

1 Kings 18:4

  1. Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD's prophets, Obadiah had hidden one hundred of them in two caves. He had put fifty prophets in each cave and had supplied them with food and water.)

Nehemiah 9:26

  1. "But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They threw away your law, they killed the prophets who encouraged them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.

Colossians 1:24

  1. I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am completing what remains of Christ's sufferings for his body, the church.

1 Kings 19:14

  1. He replied again, "I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I alone am left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."

Acts 14:10

  1. So Paul called to him in a loud voice, "Stand up!" And the man jumped to his feet and started walking.

2 Corinthians 12:10

  1. Since I know it is all for Christ's good, I am quite content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

  1. And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God's churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews.
  2. For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone

2 Kings 6:31

  1. "May God kill me if I don't execute Elisha son of Shaphat this very day," the king vowed.

Luke 1:44

  1. When you came in and greeted me, my baby jumped for joy the instant I heard your voice!

Acts 5:41

  1. The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer dishonor for the name of Jesus.

Hebrews 11:32

  1. Well, how much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets.
  2. By faith these people overthrew kingdoms, ruled with justice, and received what God had promised them. They shut the mouths of lions,
  3. quenched the flames of fire, and escaped death by the edge of the sword. Their weakness was turned to strength. They became strong in battle and put whole armies to flight.
  4. Women received their loved ones back again from death. But others trusted God and were tortured, preferring to die rather than turn from God and be free. They placed their hope in the resurrection to a better life.
  5. Some were mocked, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in dungeons.

Luke 1:41

  1. At the sound of Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 11:6

  1. So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

1 Kings 22:27

  1. Give them this order from the king: `Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!'"

1 Kings 22:8

  1. King Ahab replied, "There is still one prophet of the LORD, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but bad news for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.You shouldn't talk like that," Jehoshaphat said. "Let's hear what he has to say."

1 Kings 21:20

  1. "So my enemy has found me!" Ahab exclaimed to Elijah. "Yes," Elijah answered, "I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the LORD's sight.

Isaiah 35:6

  1. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will shout and sing! Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the desert.

Acts 7:51

  1. "You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? But your ancestors did, and so do you!
  2. Name one prophet your ancestors didn't persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One--the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

Matthew 6:1

  1. "Take care! Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
  2. When you give a gift to someone in need, don't shout about it as the hypocrites do--blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I assure you, they have received all the reward they will ever get.

2 Timothy 2:12

  1. If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we deny him, he will deny us.

1 Kings 19:2

  1. So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: "May the gods also kill me if by this time tomorrow I have failed to take your life like those whom you killed."

Revelation 2:26

  1. "To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end, I will give authority over all the nations.

Hebrews 11:26

  1. He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of the Messiah than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the great reward that God would give him.

Revelation 3:5

  1. All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.

Luke 6:35

  1. "Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

  1. But God will use this persecution to show his justice. For he will make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering,
  2. and in his justice he will punish those who persecute you.
  3. And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
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