Degrees of reward, honor, position IN Heaven Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Matthew 5:12 "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward IN heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:46 "For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? Matthew 6:1 "Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no REWARD from your Father IN HEAVEN. Matthew 6:2 "Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. Matthew 11:11 "Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is LEAST IN the kingdom of HEAVEN is greater than he. Matthew 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. Matthew 13:12 "For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Matthew 16:27 "For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will REWARD each ACCORDING TO his WORKS. Matthew 19:28 So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve THRONES , judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matthew 19:29 "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, SHALL RECEIVE a hundredfold, AND inherit everlasting life. Matthew 19:30 "But many who are first will be last, and the last first. Matthew 23:14 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive GREATER condemnation. Matthew 25:14 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. Matthew 25:15 "And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. Matthew 25:16 "Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. Matthew 25:17 "And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. Matthew 25:18 "But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money. Matthew 25:19 "After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. Matthew 25:20 "So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.' Matthew 25:21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' Matthew 25:22 "He also who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.' Matthew 25:23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' Matthew 25:24 "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. Matthew 25:25 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' Matthew 25:26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. Matthew 25:27 'Therefore you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. Matthew 25:28 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. Matthew 25:29 'For to everyone who has, MORE will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. <11 does not equal 4.> Matthew 25:30 'And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' Mark 9:33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" Mark 9:34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Mark 9:35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." Mark 10:29 So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, Mark 10:30 "who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time; houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. Mark 10:31 "But many who are first will be last, and the last first." Mark 12:40 "who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive GREATER condemnation." Mark 10:43 "Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Mark 10:44 "And whoever of you desires to be FIRST will be slave of all. Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. Luke 6:23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! for indeed your REWARD is GREAT IN HEAVEN, for in like manner their fathers did to the prophets. Luke 6:35 "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your REWARD will be GREAT , and you will be sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." Luke 7:28 "For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." Luke 12:47 "And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, SHALL BE BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES. Luke 12:48 "But he who did not know, yet committed things worthy of stripes, shall be BEATEN WITH FEW. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more. Luke 13:30 "And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last." Luke 14:11 "For whoever exalts himself will be abased, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." Luke 16:23 "And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 20:47 "who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." John 14:28 "You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is GREATER THAN I. John 19:11 Jesus answered, "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin." Romans 2:5 But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, Romans 2:6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds": Romans 2:7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; Romans 9:21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 1 Corinthians 3:8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own REWARD ACCORDING TO HIS OWN LABOR. 2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. James 1:9 Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, James 1:10 but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. 2 Peter 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter END IS WORSE for them than the beginning. 2 Peter 2:21 For it would have been BETTER for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a FULL reward.