Catholic Public Domain Version
"be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. "
— Matthew 5:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
“Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you. ”
“Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
“Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.”
“Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.”
“Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.”
“Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who endure persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:
be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its saltiness, with what will it be salted? It is no longer useful at all, except to be cast out and trampled under by men.
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
And they do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that it may shine to all who are in the house.