New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 5:12
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Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
BSB text & permissions
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
KJV text & permissions
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
ASV text & permissions
Rejoice and exult, because your⁺ reward [is] great in the heavens; for thus they persecuted the prophets before you⁺.
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