Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when they treat you with reviling, and persecute you, and say concerning you every evil word, for my sake, in falsity.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

In Context

10Blessed they who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

12Then be glad and exult, for your reward is great in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And you shall be abhorred by all men on account of my name: but he who shall persevere until the end, he shall be saved.

Matthew 10:39Whosoever will find his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you to affliction, and shall kill you; and you shall be hated of all peoples on account of my name.

Mark 4:17but they have no root in themselves, but are (only) for a time; and when there is affliction or persecution on account of the word, they are soon offended.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:4-13

The Sermon on the Mount. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they… Read the whole commentary →

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