Matthew 10:19-42 ▼

19 And whenever they may deliver you up, do not be anxious how or what you may speak, for it will be given you in that hour what you will speak;

20 for you are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

21 And brother will deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children will rise up against parents, and will put them to death,

22 and you will be hated by all because of My Name, but he who has endured to the end, he will be saved.

23 And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for truly I say to you, you may not have finished [going through] the cities of Israel until the Son of Man may come.

24 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

25 sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they called Beelzebul, how much more those of his household?

26 You may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hid that will not be known;

27 that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

28 And do not be afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? And one of them will not fall on the ground without your Father;

30 and of you—even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

31 therefore, do not be afraid, you are better than many sparrows.

32 Everyone, therefore, who will confess in Me before men, I also will confess in him before My Father who is in the heavens;

33 and whoever will deny Me before men, I also will deny him before My Father who is in the heavens.

34 You may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

35 for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

36 and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

37 He who is cherishing father or mother above Me, is not worthy of Me, and he who is cherishing son or daughter above Me, is not worthy of Me,

38 and whoever does not receive his cross and follow after Me, is not worthy of Me.

39 He who found his life will lose it, and he who lost his life for My sake will find it.

40 He who is receiving you receives Me, and he who is receiving Me receives Him who sent Me;

41 he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, will receive a prophet’s reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, will receive a righteous man’s reward,

42 and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he may not lose his reward.”