Matthew 5:11 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

KJV

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ASV

Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

WEB

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

YLT

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

DBT

Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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61 verses on the floor

1 Peter 4:14
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Luke 21:17
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
Mark 13:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

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He prescribes duty as the way, and gives us standing rules of that duty. He directs his disciples, 1. To understand what they are--the salt of the earth, and the lights of the world,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This has been the effect of the enmity of the serpent's seed against the holy seed, ever since the time of righteous Abel. It was so in Old-Testament times, as we find, Heb. xi. Christ has told us that it would much more be so with the Christian church, and we are not to think it strange, 1 John iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Those suffer for righteousness' sake, who suffer because they will not sin against their consciences, and who suffer for doing that which is good. Whatever pretence persecutors have, it is the power of godliness that they have an enmity to; it is really Christ and his righteousness that are maligned, hated, and persecuted;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G36798× in canon G175226× in canon G137745× in canon G310750× in canon G419078× in canon G3752123× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 5:11MRK 13:13 LUK 6:22
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:11MRK 13:13 MAT 10:22
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:11MAT 24:9 JHN 16:2
MAT 5:11MAT 24:9 JHN 15:19-20
MAT 5:11MAT 24:9 LUK 21:16-17
MAT 5:111PE 4:14 1PE 3:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:11MAT 24:9 REV 2:10
MAT 5:11MRK 13:13 JHN 15:18-19

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