Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Founder of Christianity
Gospel of Matthew 5:11, part of the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount.
c. 30-33 CE
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"All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them."
Controversial"I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Shocking"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?"
Shocking"And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.…"
Shocking"For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God."
Philosophical