Matthew 10:21-42 ▼

21 And the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shal rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

22 And yee shall be hated of all men for my Name: but he that endureth to the end, he shall be saued.

23 And when they persecute you in this citie, flee into another: for verely I say vnto you, yee shall not goe ouer all the cities of Israel, till the Sonne of man be come.

24 The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his Lord.

25 It is ynough for the disciple to bee as his master is, and the seruaunt as his Lorde. If they haue called the master of the house Beel-zebub, howe much more them of his housholde?

26 Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shall not be disclosed, nor hid, that shall not be knowen.

27 What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee on the houses.

28 And feare yee not them which kill the bodie, but are nor able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell.

29 Are not two sparrowes sold for a farthing, and one of them shal not fal on the ground without your Father?

30 Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred.

31 Feare ye not therefore, yee are of more value then many sparowes.

32 Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse me before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.

33 But whosoeuer shall denie me before me, him will I also denie before my Father which is in heauen.

34 Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but the sworde.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in lawe.

36 And a mans enemies shall be they of his owne housholde.

37 He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me; he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me.

38 And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

39 He that will finde his life, shall lose it: & he that loseth his life for my sake, shal finde it.

40 He that receiueth you, receiueth me: and hee that receiueth mee, receiueth him that hath sent me.

41 Hee that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receiue a Prophetes rewarde: and hee that receiueth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receiue the rewarde of a righteous man.

42 And whosoeuer shall giue vnto one of these litle ones to drinke a cuppe of colde water onely, in the name of a disciple, verely I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.