Earlier, however, in his Sermon on the Mount, he gave his apostles and others the assurance that such opposition would not necessarily endanger their deep - felt happiness.
אלא שקודם לכן, בדרשת ההר, הבטיח ישוע לשליחיו ולאחרים שהתנגדות זו לא תאיים בהכרח על אושרם הפנימי.