Matthew 5:12

"Rejoice and exult in it, because your reward was great in the heavens; for so did they persecute the prophets before you.

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For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

Jeremiah

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Jeremiah

Matthew 5:12
"Rejoice and exult in it, because your reward was great in the heavens; for so did they persecute the prophets before you.