Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
For great
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Bible References
For great
Matthew 6:1
TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10:41
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive the reward of a righteous man.
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall hereafter come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then shall he recompense every man according to his practice.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, lo! your reward is great in heaven: for after the same manner did your fathers to the prophets.
1 Corinthians 3:8
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but every one shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Colossians 3:24
knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye are servants to the Lord Christ.
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to be acceptable; for he must believe, who cometh unto God, that he exists, and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
For so
Matthew 21:34
But when the season for fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
Matthew 23:31
Wherefore ye bear a testimony to yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, lo! your reward is great in heaven: for after the same manner did your fathers to the prophets.
Luke 11:47
Wo unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest those who are sent unto thee; how often would I have collected thy children unto me, just as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Acts 7:51
Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, ye do always oppose yourselves against the Holy Ghost: as your fathers, so are ye.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind;
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Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, one they beat, and another they killed, and a third they stoned.