Matthew 5:12 Cross References - Godbey

¹² Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

¹ But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens: ² therefore when you may do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be glorified by the people: truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

⁴ in order that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee openly. ⁵ And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

¹⁶ And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

⁴¹ The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet; and the one receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive the reward of a righteous man. ⁴² And whosoever may give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you, He can not lose his reward.

²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will give to each one according to his works.

³⁴ And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits; ³⁵ and the husbandmen taking his servants, beat one, and slew one, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. ³⁷ And afterward he sent to them his own son, saying, They will reverence my son. ³⁸ But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take possession of his inheritance.

³¹ So you witness to yourselves, that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² And you fill up the measure of your fathers. ³³ Ye serpents, generations of vipers, how can you escape from the judgment of hell? ³⁴ Therefore I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: you will kill and crucify some of them; and will scourge some of them in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city; ³⁵ in order that all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of the blessed, whom they slew between the temple and the altar, may come upon you. ³⁶ Truly I say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation. ³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather together thy children, in the manner in which a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but ye were not willing!

²³ Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold your reward in heaven is great: for according to these things were their fathers accustomed to do to the prophets.

³⁵ Moreover love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest: because He is good to the ungrateful and wicked.

⁴⁷ Woe unto you! because you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Therefore you are witnesses and you consent unto the works of your fathers: because they slew them, and you build. ⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God said, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will slay and persecute. ⁵⁰ In order that the blood of all the prophets poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation; ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather thy children, in the manner in which a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye were not willing!

⁴¹ Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.

⁵¹ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became:

²⁵ But at midnight Paul and Silas, praying, continued to sing praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.

³ And not only so, but let us also rejoice in tribulation; knowing that tribulation works out endurance;

⁸ But he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

¹⁷ For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole;

¹⁷ But if indeed I am poured out for a sacrifice and an offering for your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice along with you all;

²⁴ Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

²⁴ knowing that you will receive the recompense of the inheritance from the Lord. Serve the Lord Christ;

¹⁵ who even killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and are displeasing to God, and hostile to all men;

⁶ but without faith it is impossible to please him: for it behooves the one coming unto God to believe that he is, and he is a rewarder unto them who seek him out.

²⁶ esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he was looking unto the recompense of reward.

² Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.

¹³ but as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; in order that you may also rejoice in the revelation of his glory, being glad.