Lexicon :: Strong's G3408 - misthos

“Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness[fn] in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet[fn] will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous[fn] will receive a righteous person’s reward.

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’

“And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ ​— ​truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. Take note ​— ​your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

“But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

“Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t move from house to house.

“The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst, his body burst open and his intestines spilled out.

Now to the one who works, pay is not credited as a gift, but as something owed.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one,[fn] and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a commission.

For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain, and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.

They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions[fn] while they feast with you.

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor,[fn] who loved the wages of wickedness

Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we[fn] have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

The nations were angry,

but your wrath has come.

The time has come

for the dead to be judged

and to give the reward

to your servants the prophets,

to the saints, and to those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and the time has come to destroy

those who destroy the earth.

“Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to repay each person according to his work.