Matthew 5:11-12

11 ¹“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely ²on my account.

12 ³Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ⁴so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Cross References

• 1. 5:11 Heb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14
• 2. 5:11 John 15:21
• 3. 5:12 Acts 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13
• 4. 5:12 See ch. 21:35