Matthew 10:32-42 ▼

32 Euery one therfore, that shall confesse me before men, hym wyll I confesse also, before my father, which is in heaues.

33 But whosoeuer shall denye me before men, hym wyll I also denye, before my father, which is in heauens.

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

35 For I am come to set a man at varyaunce agaynst his father, & the daughter agaynst her mother, and the daughter in lawe agaynst her mother in lawe.

36 And a mans foes shalbe they of his owne householde.

37 He that loueth father or mother, more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter, more the me, is not worthy of me.

38 And he that taketh not his crosse, & foloweth me, is not worthy of me.

39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his lyfe, for my sake, shall fynde it.

40 He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.

41 He that receaueth a prophete, in the name of a prophete, shall receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde.

42 And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these litle ones, to drynke, a cuppe of colde water only, in the name of a disciple, veryly I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.