Expanding on this, Jesus added: “Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake.
نَتَوَقَّعُ نَحْنُ ٱلْمَسِيحِيَّينَ ،‏ عَلَى غِرَارِ أَنْبِيَاءِ ٱللهِ ٱلْقُدَمَاءِ ،‏ أَنْ نُعَيَّرَ وَنُضْطَهَدَ وَتُقَالَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْأَكَاذِيبُ « مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْبِرِّ » .‏