Matthew 26:52

WEB

⁵²Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

KJV

⁵²Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

BSB

⁵²“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

FBV

⁵²But Jesus told him, “Put your sword away. Everyone who fights with the sword will die by the sword.

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Extra References

Genesis 9:6

⁶Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

Revelation 13:10

¹⁰If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.^[+] Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Romans 12:19

¹⁹Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

²¹For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you^[+] an example, that you should follow his steps, ²²who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”²³When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

Revelation 16:6

⁶For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”

1 Peter 3:9

⁹not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Psalms 55:23

²³But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

Ezekiel 35:5-6

⁵“‘“Because you have had a perpetual hostility, and have given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end, ⁶therefore, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you. Since you have not hated blood, therefore blood will pursue you.

Matthew 23:34-36

³⁴^[+] Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, ³⁵that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

¹⁵See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.