Matthew 10:32–42 · BSB
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.
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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.
10:40
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
10:41
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
10:42
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
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