D&C 127:4 · Matthew 5:12
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Five words run identical, 'so persecuted they the prophets', and the relative clause differs by one word, 'that were before you' for 'which were before you', with 'and righteous men' inserted. 'so persecuted they the prophets' stands at exactly three distinct frozen verses in the corpus: Matthew 5:12, 3 Nephi 12:12, and this verse; the Bountiful carrier reads 'who were before you'. This verse states the reward as a bare fact where the older two make it a reason to rejoice. Counts are of distinct frozen verses in the corpus, derived by search at the time of writing.