Matthew 5:12 - Tree of Life Version

¹² Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great! For in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

Common English Bible

¹² Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Matthew 5:12 Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of Adonai came to Abram in a vision saying, “Do not fear, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

1 Kings 18:13

Wasn’t my lord told what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of Adonai—how I hid 100 of Adonai’s prophets, 50 to a cave and provided them with bread and water?

1 Kings 18:4

for when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of Adonai, Obadiah took 100 prophets, hid them 50 to a cave, and provided them with bread and water.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, “So let the gods do to me and worse if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself over to do what is evil in Adonai’s eyes.

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Yes, there is still one by whom we may inquire of Adonai—Micaiah son of Imlah—but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, only evil.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say so!”

2 Kings 1:9

So the king sent a captain of 50 with his 50 to Elijah. When the captain went up to him, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. So he announced to him, “O man of God, by order of the king, come down!”

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the prison for he was enraged at him for this. Also Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26

“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.

Psalm 19:11

They are more desirable than gold, yes, more than much pure gold! They are sweeter than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Psalm 58:11

The righteous one will rejoice when he beholds vengeance, when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked earn deceptive wages, but a sower of righteousness reaps a true reward.

Isaiah 3:10

Say to the righteous, he will be well, eating the fruit of their deeds.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”

Jeremiah 26:8

Now when Jeremiah finished speaking all that Adonai had commanded him to speak to all the people, the kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying: “You will surely die!

Jeremiah 37:14

But Jeremiah said, “That’s a lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him, but arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then ‘He will repay everyone according to his deeds.’

Matthew 6:16

“And whenever you fast, do not become sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they neglect their faces to make their fasting evident to men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!

Luke 13:34

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day and jump for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven! For their fathers used to treat the prophets the same way.”

Luke 6:35

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.

Acts 16:25

But about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Acts 5:41

So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be dishonored on account of His name.

Romans 5:3

And not only that, but we also boast in suffering—knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

1 Corinthians 3:8

Now he who plants and he who waters work as one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

Philippians 1:29

For to you was granted for Messiah’s sake not only to trust in Him, but also to suffer for His sake—

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my physical body—for the sake of His body, Messiah’s community—I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Messiah.

Colossians 3:24

For you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as a reward. It is to the Lord Messiah you are giving service.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Yeshua and the prophets and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God and hostile to all people,

Hebrews 10:34

For you suffered along with the prisoners and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession.

Hebrews 11:26

He considered the disgrace of Messiah as greater riches than the treasures of Egypt—because he was looking ahead to the reward.

Hebrews 11:33

By faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:6

Now without faith it is impossible to please God. For the one who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

James 1:2

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

James 5:10

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 4:13

Instead, rejoice insofar as you share in the sufferings of Messiah, so that at the revelation of His glory you may also rejoice and be glad.

Ruth 2:12

May Adonai repay you for what you have done, and may you be fully rewarded by Adonai, God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”