Matthew 5:12
King James Version (KJV)
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
World English Bible (WEB)
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 5:12 Cross References
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
