Written by Pastor Jack WellmanTop 10 Controversial Bible Verses
The Bible has some very controversial verses in it, including many of Jesus’ sayings, which are still very controversial today, so here are the top 10 controversial Bible verses.
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- Philippians 1:21
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It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave. For even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- Matthew 20:26-28
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And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
- Matthew 18:9
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For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
- John 6:55-56
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Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.
- Matthew 10:34-36
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“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
- Luke 6:22
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Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
- Matthew 21:31
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“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
- Luke 14:26
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And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
- Luke 23:34
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But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
- John 14:26
Controversy followed Jesus, wherever He went, so the fact that many of the Bible’s controversial verses are from Jesus Himself should not surprise us. Why not share these top 10 controversial Bible verses with someone else?
