Matthew 5:12

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

Hebrews 11:6

For so

1 Thessalonians 2:15

General references

Matthew 21:35

Bible References

For great

Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.

He who welcomes a Prophet, because he is a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet's reward; and he who welcomes a good man, because he is a good man, shall receive a good man's reward.

For the Son of Man is to come in his Father's Glory, with his angels, and then he 'will give to every man what his actions deserve.'

Then indeed you may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in Heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to the Prophets.

In this the man who plants and the man who waters are one; yet each will receive his own reward in proportion to his own labor.

Since you know that it is from the Master that you will receive the inheritance which will be your recompense. You are serving Christ, the Master.

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

For so

When the time for the vintage drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.

By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the men who murdered the Prophets.

Then indeed you may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in Heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to the Prophets.

Alas for you! You build the monuments of the Prophets whom your ancestors killed.

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! she who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!

O! stubborn race, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.

The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all mankind,

General references

But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.