aActs 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13
bSee ch. 21:35

‏ Matthew 5:12

12 aRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for bso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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