Matthew 10:32-42 ▼

32 "Whoever, therefore, will confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

33 But whoever will deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

34 Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law:

36 and a man's enemies shall be those of his own household.

37 He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

38 and whoever does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

39 He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

40 He that receives you, receives me: and he that receives me, receives him that sent me.

41 He that receives a prophet be cause he is a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

42 And whoever will give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink, because he is a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.