Matthew 10:24–39 · BSB
10:24
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
10:25
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
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10:26
So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
10:30
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:31
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
10:32
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
10:33
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
10:34
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
10:35
For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
10:36
A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
10:38
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
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