Matthew 5:12 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

KJV

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ASV

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

WEB

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

YLT

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

DBT

Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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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67 verses on the floor

Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Luke 6:23
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Rejoice evermore.
James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Colossians 3:24
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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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

Great is your reward in heaven: so great, as far to transcend the service. It is in heaven, future, and out of sight; but well secured, out of the reach of chance, fraud, and violence.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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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 5:12JAS 1:2 1PE 1:6-8
MAT 5:12JAS 1:2 JAS 1:12
MAT 5:12JAS 1:2 2CO 12:9-10
MAT 5:12JAS 1:2 MAT 5:10-12
MAT 5:12JAS 1:2 LUK 6:22-23
MAT 5:12COL 1:24 ROM 5:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:12COL 1:24 PHP 3:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:121PE 4:13 ROM 8:17

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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