Luke 6:23

New American Bible - revised edition

Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked down from her window, and when she saw King David jumping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.

1 Kings 18:4

When Jezebel was slaughtering the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid them away by fifties in caves, and supplied them with food and water.

1 Kings 19:10

He answered: “I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, but the Israelites have forsaken your covenant. They have destroyed your altars and murdered your prophets by the sword. I alone remain, and they seek to take my life.”

1 Kings 19:14

He replied, “I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, but the Israelites have forsaken your covenant. They have destroyed your altars and murdered your prophets by the sword. I alone remain, and they seek to take my life.”

1 Kings 19:2

Jezebel then sent a messenger to Elijah and said, “May the gods do thus to me and more, if by this time tomorrow I have not done with your life what was done to each of them.”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me out, my enemy?” He said, “I have found you. Because you have given yourself up to doing evil in the Lord’s sight,

1 Kings 22:27

and say, ‘This is the king’s order: Put this man in prison and feed him scanty rations of bread and water until I come back in safety.’”

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel answered, “There is one other man through whom we might consult the Lord; but I hate him because he prophesies not good but evil about me. He is Micaiah, son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say that.”

2 Kings 6:31

The king exclaimed, “May God do thus to me, and more, if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, stays on him today!”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the Lord’s anger against his people blazed up beyond remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were contemptuous and rebelled against you: they cast your law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who bore witness against them to bring them back to you: they were guilty of great insults.

Psalm 58:11

Then the just shall rejoice to see the vengeance and bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame shall leap like a stag, and the mute tongue sing for joy. For waters will burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the Arabah.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I struck your children; correction they did not take. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you. The Similes of Salt and Light.

Luke 1:41

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,

Luke 1:44

For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.

Luke 6:35

But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Acts 14:10

and called out in a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet.” He jumped up and began to walk about.

Acts 3:8

He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.

Acts 5:41

So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

Romans 5:3

Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. Selfless Concern for the Church.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church,

2 Timothy 2:12

if we persevere we shall also reign with him. But if we deny him he will deny us.

Hebrews 11:26

He considered the reproach of the Anointed greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the recompense.

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

James 1:2

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

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly.

Revelation 2:17

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I shall give some of the hidden manna; I shall also give a white amulet upon which is inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the one who receives it.”’ To Thyatira.

Revelation 2:26

“‘“To the victor, who keeps to my ways until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

Revelation 2:7

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I will give the right to eat from the tree of life that is in the garden of God.”’ To Smyrna.

Revelation 21:7

The victor will inherit these gifts, and I shall be his God, and he will be my son.

Revelation 3:12

“‘“The victor I will make into a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never leave it again. On him I will inscribe the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, as well as my new name.

Revelation 3:5

“‘“The victor will thus be dressed in white, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and of his angels.