Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are ye when men shall persecute and revile you, and shall say all manner of evil against you for my sake.

Whiston⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ Blessed are ye when men shall persecute and revile you, and shall say all manner of evil against you for my sake. ¹² Rejoyce, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.