Matthew 5:12 - Wesley's New Testament 1755

¹² Rejoice and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they 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.

Matthew 5:12 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then shall he render to every man according to his work.

Matthew 6:16

Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together as a bird gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy; for behold your reward is great in heaven; for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.

Luke 6:35

But love ye your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and the evil.

Acts 16:25

But at midnight Paul and Silas having prayed, sung an hymn to God: and the prisoners heard them.

Acts 5:41

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Romans 5:3

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also,

1 Corinthians 3:8

But he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every one shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory:

Philippians 1:29

This also is of God. For to you it is given, with regard to Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him:

Philippians 2:17

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh that which is behind of the sufferings of Christ for his body, which is the church:

Colossians 3:24

for ye serve the Lord Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us: and they please not God, and are contrary to all men.

Hebrews 10:34

For ye sympathized with my bonds, and received with joy the spoiling of your goods, knowing that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Hebrews 11:26

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he looked off unto the recompence of reward.

Hebrews 11:33

Who by faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

James 1:2

My brethren, count it all joy, when ye fall into divers temptations, Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

James 5:10

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering, affliction, and of patience.

1 Peter 4:13

rejoice, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may likewise rejoice with exceeding great joy.