Translation
Rejoice in that day, leap, skip and bound for joy, because, look, your reward is great in heaven. In these same ways the forefathers
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Paraphrase
That is when you should rejoice; you should leap and skip and bound for joy because, watch this, your reward in heaven has already been accumulated and boy is it a big one. And remember, this is nothing new, the ancestors treated the prophets the same way.
Footnotes
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Notice that in this verse and in verse 26 it says, “the forefathers,” not “our forefathers.” It is as if Jesus did not want to claim them as His ancestors.