Luke 6:23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in…”

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

World English Bible

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

American Standard Version

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Geneva Bible 1599

Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your reward is great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did to the Prophets.

Darby Translation

rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

Young's Literal Translation

rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward [is] great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

Bible in Basic English

Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

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Cross references

“Rejoice”

Acts 5:41 James 1:2 Romans 5:3 2 Corinthians 12:10 Colossians 1:24

Acts 5:41 · BSB

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

James 1:2 · BSB

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

Romans 5:3 · BSB

Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

2 Corinthians 12:10 · BSB

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Colossians 1:24 · BSB

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

“leap”

Acts 3:8 2 Samuel 6:16 Luke 1:41 Luke 1:44 Isaiah 35:6 Acts 14:10

Acts 3:8 · BSB

He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

2 Samuel 6:16 · BSB

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

Luke 1:41 · BSB

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:44 · BSB

For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Isaiah 35:6 · BSB

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Acts 14:10 · BSB

In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.

“your”

Matthew 5:12 Revelation 21:7 Revelation 3:5 Revelation 3:12 Revelation 2:26 Hebrews 11:6

Matthew 5:12 · BSB

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

Revelation 21:7 · BSB

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

Revelation 3:5 · BSB

Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

Revelation 3:12 · BSB

The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of…

Revelation 2:26 · BSB

And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

Hebrews 11:6 · BSB

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

“for in”

2 Chronicles 36:16 Nehemiah 9:26 1 Kings 18:4 1 Kings 19:2 1 Kings 19:10 1 Kings 19:14

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26 · BSB

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

1 Kings 18:4 · BSB

for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

1 Kings 19:2 · BSB

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”

1 Kings 19:10 · BSB

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are…

1 Kings 19:14 · BSB

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

24But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.

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