Mat 5:12, 6:1, 10:41-42, Luk 6:35, 14:12-14, Col 2:18, 2Ti 1:18, 4:8 | ESV | STEP | Rejoice and be glad , for your reward is great in heaven , for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you .

Matthew 5:12

12 ^aRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^bso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 6:1

Giving to the Needy

1 “Beware of ^cpracticing your righteousness before other people in order ^dto be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 10:41-42

41 ^eThe one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And ^fwhoever gives one of ^gthese little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Luke 6:35

35 But ^hlove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ⁱyou will be sons of ^jthe Most High, for ^khe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Luke 14:12-14

The Parable of the Great Banquet

12 He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give ^la dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers ^{▼▼Or your brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters} or your relatives or rich neighbors, ⁿlest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, ^oinvite ^pthe poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid ^qat ^rthe resurrection of the just.”

Colossians 2:18

18 Let no one ^sdisqualify you, ^tinsisting on asceticism and worship of angels, ^ugoing on in detail about visions, ^{▼▼Or about the things he has seen} ^wpuffed up without reason by ^xhis sensuous mind,

2 Timothy 1:18

18 may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on ^ythat day!—and you well know all the service he ^zrendered at Ephesus.

2 Timothy 4:8

8 Henceforth there is ^aalaid up for me ^abthe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, ^acthe righteous judge, will award to me on ^adthat day, and not only to me but also to all ^aewho have loved his appearing.