Matthew 5:12

5:12 Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

Matthew 6:8

6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Matthew 8:29

8:29 They cried out, “Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

Matthew 11:10

11:10 This is the one about whom it is written:

‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,

who will prepare your way before you.’

Matthew 24:38

24:38 For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.