Matthew 5:11

5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Matthew 5:1

The Beatitudes

5:1 When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

Matthew 3:14

3:14 But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

Matthew 4:12-14

Preaching in Galilee

4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee. 4:13 While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 4:14 so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:

Matthew 4:19

4:19 He said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.”