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Matthew 5:11-13
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 5:11-13
Contemporary English Version
11 (A) God will bless you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me. 12 (B) Be happy and excited! You will have a great reward in heaven. People did these same things to the prophets who lived long ago.
Salt and Light
(Mark 9.50; Luke 14.34,35)
13 (C) You are the salt for everyone on earth. But if salt no longer tastes like salt, how can it make food salty? All it is good for is to be thrown out and walked on.
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