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22 What happiness it is when others hate you and exclude you and insult you and smear your name because you are mine![a] 23 When that happens, rejoice! Yes, leap for joy! For you will have a great reward awaiting you in heaven. And you will be in good company—the ancient prophets were treated that way too!

24 “But, oh, the sorrows that await the rich. For they have their only happiness down here.

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  1. Luke 6:22 because you are mine, literally, “on account of the Son of Man.”

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