Luk 6:22 | MHM | STEP | v. 22 : Jesus warned them that they would face hatred and rejection because of him. He said, Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man (Luke 6:22 ). The world would treat them badly, even casting them out of their communities and calling them evil. But Jesus said this was actually a blessing. It showed they were following in the footsteps of the prophets who suffered before them (Matthew 5:10

‏ Luke 6:22

v. 22: Jesus warned them that they would face hatred and rejection because of him. He said, Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man (Luke 6:22 ^a). The world would treat them badly, even casting them out of their communities and calling them evil. But Jesus said this was actually a blessing. It showed they were following in the footsteps of the prophets who suffered before them (Matthew 5:10–12 ^b).