Matthew 5:12

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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

For so

General references

Matthew 21:35

Bible References

For great

Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works) before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward with your heavenly Father.

Anyone who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Anyone who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

The Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. He will then reward each man according to his deeds.

The word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your shield. Your reward shall be very great.

May Jehovah reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from Jehovah the God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!

They warn your servant. There is a great reward in following them.

Men will say: Truly there is a reward for the righteous. Truly there is a God who judges the earth.

The wicked works a deceitful work. There is a sure reward for the one who sows righteousness.

Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For your reward is great in heaven. Your fathers treated the prophets the same way.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one [in purpose] and every man will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

You know that God will give you the reward of the inheritance when you serve the Master, Christ.

Without faith it is impossible to please God. He who comes to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

For so

When the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

When Jezebel massacred the prophets of Jehovah, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and hid them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.

She sent a message to Elijah: May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I do not do the same thing to you that you did to the prophets.

Ahab said to Elijah: Have you come face to face with me, O my enemy? Elijah said: I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

Ahab answered: There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, always something bad. The king should not say such things! Jehoshaphat replied.

Then he sent an officer with fifty men to get Elijah. The officer found him sitting on a hill and said to him: Man of God, the king orders you to come down.

Asa was so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.

God's Spirit spoke to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah told everyone that God was saying: Why are you disobeying me and my Laws? This will only bring punishment! You have deserted me, so now I will desert you.

They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry.

I have punished your children without results. They did not respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.

As soon as I had finished saying all that Jehovah commanded me to say, they grabbed me and shouted: You ought to be killed for this!

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For your reward is great in heaven. Your fathers treated the prophets the same way.

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets! You stone those sent to you. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings. But you would not have it!

You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

They killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They did not please God and are contrary to all men.

General references

The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other.