KJV
ASV
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

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

ERVEN
12. Be happy about it. Be very glad because you have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did these same bad things to the prophets who lived before you.

NLT
12. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.

WEB
12. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

NET
12. Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

NLV
12. Be glad and full of joy because your reward will be much in heaven. They made it very hard for the early preach-ers who lived a long time before you.

HCSB
12. Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

YLT
12. rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward [is] great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

LITV
12. Rejoice and leap for joy, for your reward is great in Heaven; for in this way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

RV
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

NCV
12. Rejoice and be glad, because you have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did the same evil things to the prophets who lived before you.

MKJV
12. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward in Heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

AKJV
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

LXXEN



KJV
12. {SCJ}Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. {SCJ.}

AMP
12. Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.]

KJVP
12. {SCJ} Rejoice G5463 V-PAM-2P , and G2532 CONJ be exceeding glad G21 V-PNM-2P : for G3754 CONJ great G4183 A-NSM [ is ] your G3588 T-NSM reward G3408 N-NSM in G1722 PREP heaven G3772 N-DPM : for G1063 CONJ so G3779 ADV persecuted G1377 V-AAI-3P they G3588 T-APM the G3588 T-APM prophets G4396 N-APM which G3588 T-APM were before G4253 PREP you G5216 P-2GP . {SCJ.}

YLT
12. rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward [is] great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

ASV
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

WEB
12. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

NASB
12. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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

RV
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

RSV
12. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

NKJV
12. "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great [is] your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

MKJV
12. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward in Heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

AKJV
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

NRSV
12. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

NIV
12. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

NIRV
12. Be joyful and glad. Your reward in heaven is great. In the same way, people hurt the prophets who lived long ago.

NLT
12. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.

MSG
12. You can be glad when that happens--give a cheer, even!--for though they don't like it, I do! And all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company. My prophets and witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.

GNB
12. Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.

NET
12. Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

ERVEN
12. Be happy about it. Be very glad because you have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did these same bad things to the prophets who lived before you.