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You forgot context... Jesus was quoted in teaching many things in that passage, and it certainly wasn't a corporate event. Each attendee was the target, not some off-the-wall .

10"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Nobody is persecuting you. They are making fun of all the extra-and non-Scriptural accoutrements that the Roman Catholic cult has assembled to keep the membership in control. In my quote of the previous passage and the reading of the subsequent portion, we see that it all about how an individual sees God's plan of Salvation. He never promised us a wheat cracker as a means of our salvation. He told them that if they wanted to live by the law, they better keep it all!

But, I guess it feels good to complain!

You will know persecution when ISIS shows up somewhere.