Isaiah 49:7

49:7 This is what the Lord,

the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says

to the one who is despised and rejected by nations,

a servant of rulers:

“Kings will see and rise in respect,

princes will bow down,

because of the faithful Lord,

the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

Luke 12:50

12:50 I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!

Luke 19:14

19:14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’

John 7:7

7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

John 15:18

The World’s Hatred

15:18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

John 15:23-25

15:23 The one who hates me hates my Father too. 15:24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father. 15:25 Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’