Matthew 5:12Douay-Rheims
Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
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Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:9
God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
Genesis 1:14
And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
Genesis 1:15
To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.