Matthew 5:11 · WEB
“"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”
— Matthew 5:11
Era
Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
lonely
Type
wisdom
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Promise of Godpersecutionblessing
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