Matthew 5:12
King James Version
“Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
Context
9Blessed the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10Blessed they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11Blessed are ye, when shall revile you, and persecute and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.