Early in his ministry, Jesus told his listeners in his Sermon on the Mount: “Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness ’ sake, since the kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.
עוד בתחילת שירותו אמר ישוע למאזיניו בדרשת ההר: ” אשרי הנרדפים בגלל הצדק, כי להם מלכות השמים.